Discovery BoxJudges 8:21 
Context8:21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, 1 “Come on, 2 you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” 3 So Gideon killed 4 Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.
Judges 11:17
Context11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us 5 to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. 6 Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. 7 So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
Judges 16:5
Context16:5 The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate 8 him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”
Judges 18:19
Context18:19 They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser 9 and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?” 10
1 tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Or “Arise.”
3 tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”
4 tn Heb “arose and killed.”
5 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)
6 tn Heb “did not listen.”
7 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”
8 tn Heb “subdue him in order to humiliate him.”
9 tn See the note on the word “adviser” in 17:10.
10 tn Heb “Is it better for you to be priest for the house of one man or for you to be priest for a tribe, for a clan in Israel?”
