Discovery BoxJudges 5:15 
Context5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,
the men of Issachar 1 supported 2 Barak;
into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. 3
Among the clans of Reuben there was intense 4 heart searching. 5
Judges 7:8
Context7:8 The men 6 who were chosen 7 took supplies 8 and their trumpets. Gideon 9 sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; 10 he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites 11 were camped down below 12 in the valley.
Judges 8:10
Context8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. 13
Judges 16:27
Context16:27 Now the temple 14 was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
1 tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Or “was true to.”
3 tn Heb “at his feet.”
4 tn Heb “great was.”
5 tc The great majority of Hebrew
6 tn Heb “The people.”
7 tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
8 tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”
9 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “tents.”
11 tn Heb “Midian.”
12 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).
13 tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.”
14 tn Heb “house.”
