Discovery BoxJudges 5:23 
Context5:23 ‘Call judgment down on 1 Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic 2 messenger;
‘Be sure 3 to call judgment down on 4 those who live there,
because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, 5
to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ 6
Judges 6:25
Context6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. 7 Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.
Judges 20:31
Context20:31 The Benjaminites attacked 8 the army, leaving the city unguarded. 9 They began to strike down their enemy 10 just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, 11 the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down 12 about thirty Israelites.
1 tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”
2 tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.
3 tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.
4 tn Heb “[to] curse.”
5 tn Heb “to the help of the
6 tn Or “along with the other warriors.”
7 tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.
8 tn Heb “went out to meet.”
9 tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”
10 tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”
11 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
12 tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
