Discovery Box| (1.00) | (Jdg 8:28) | 2 tn Heb “in the days of Gideon.” |
| (0.83) | (Jdg 7:8) | 7 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon). |
| (0.72) | (Jdg 6:11) | 2 tn Heb “Now Gideon his son….” The Hebrew circumstantial clause (note the pattern vav [ו] + subject + predicate) breaks the narrative sequence and indicates that the angel’s arrival coincided with Gideon’s threshing. |
| (0.71) | (Isa 9:4) | 2 sn This alludes to Gideon’s victory over Midian (Judg 7-8), when the Lord delivered Israel from an oppressive foreign invader. |
| (0.71) | (Jdg 9:1) | 1 sn That is, Gideon, and so throughout Judges 9. Gideon was given the name Jerub Baal (meaning “Let Baal fight”) in Judges 6:32. |
| (0.71) | (Jdg 6:24) | 1 tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.” |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 8:21) | 1 tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification. |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 8:12) | 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 7:13) | 1 tn Heb “And Gideon came, and, look, a man was relating to his friend a dream.” |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 7:9) | 1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 7:8) | 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 6:17) | 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.67) | (Jdg 6:15) | 1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.59) | (Psa 83:9) | 2 sn The psalmist alludes here to Gideon’s victory over the Midianites (see Judg 7-8) and to Barak’s victory over Jabin’s army, which was led by his general Sisera (Judg 4-5). |
| (0.59) | (Psa 83:11) | 1 sn Oreb and Zeeb were the generals of the Midianite army that was defeated by Gideon. The Ephraimites captured and executed both of them and sent their heads to Gideon (Judg 7:24-25). |
| (0.59) | (Jdg 8:6) | 2 sn The officials of Sukkoth are hesitant to give (or sell) food to Gideon’s forces because they are not sure of the outcome of the battle. Perhaps they had made an alliance with the Midianites which demanded their loyalty. |
| (0.58) | (Psa 83:11) | 2 sn Zebah and Zalmunna were the Midianite kings. Gideon captured them and executed them (Judg 8:1-21). |
| (0.58) | (Jdg 8:25) | 2 tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites. |
| (0.58) | (Jdg 7:19) | 1 tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the 100 men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.” |
| (0.58) | (Jdg 6:22) | 2 tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
