Discovery BoxJudges 8:23 
Context8:23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”
Judges 9:19
Context9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family 1 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! 2
Judges 10:12
Context10:12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian 3 when they oppressed you? 4 You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. 5
Judges 18:10
Context18:10 When you invade, 6 you will encounter 7 unsuspecting people. The land is wide! 8 God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” 9
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”
3 tc The translation follows the LXX which reads “Midian”; the Hebrew text has “Maon.”
4 tn The words “Did I not deliver you” are interpretive. The Hebrew text simply reads, “Is it not from Egypt…when they oppressed you?” Perhaps the incomplete sentence reflects the
5 tn Heb “hand.”
6 tn Heb “When you enter.”
7 tn Heb “you will come to.”
8 tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”
9 tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”
