Discovery BoxJudges 7:8 
Context7:8 The men 1 who were chosen 2 took supplies 3 and their trumpets. Gideon 4 sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; 5 he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites 6 were camped down below 7 in the valley.
Judges 9:7
ContextJotham’s Parable
9:7 When Jotham heard the news, 8 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 9 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
1 tn Heb “The people.”
2 tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “tents.”
6 tn Heb “Midian.”
7 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).
8 tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.
9 tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”
