SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023 – Page 70

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 12:12

12:12 Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Then Elon died. He was buried in the town Aijalon, in the territory of the clan Zebulun.
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When Elon the man from Zebulun died, ⌊they⌋ buried him in Aijalon. The town Aijalon was in the territory of the descendants of Zebulun.
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⌊They⌋ buried him in Aijalon of Zebulun when he died.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 14:4

14:4a (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD,

His father and mother did not know that his insistence was from Yahweh.
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But Samson’s parents did not understand that Yahweh had caused ⌊him to want to marry a Philistia woman⌋ .

14:4b who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines;

For he was planning a way to challenge the Philistia people.
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Yahweh was preparing a way ⌊to defeat⌋ the Philistia people.

14:4c for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

At the time, the Philistia people ruled Israel.
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That was because they ruled Israel at that time.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 15:16

15:16a Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps.

(Good News Translation🙂 Then Samson said, “With a jawbone from a donkey, I’ve made two piles of them.

Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, I piled them in two piles.
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Then Samson said, “I used the jawbone of a donkey, and I left them in two heaps.
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Then Samson sang, “I made of them two heaps with the jawbone of an donkey.

15:16b With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.

With the jawbone of a donkey, I killed a thousand men.”
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I used the jawbone of a donkey, and I killed a thousand men.”
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With the jawbone of an donkey, I struck down one thousand men.”

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 16:28

16:28a Then Samson called out to the LORD:

Then Samson prayed to Yahweh,
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Then Samson cried out to Yahweh,

16:28b “O Lord GOD, please remember me.

“Remember me, almighty Yahweh.
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“My Lord Yahweh, do not forget me.

16:28c Strengthen me, O God, just once more,

Please make me strong again one more time.
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I beg you God, give me strength just one more time.

16:28d so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

I want to punish the Philistines for plucking out my eyes.”
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Let me pay back the Philistines. With this one act of revenge I will repay them for pulling out my two eyes.”

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 18:16

18:16 The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.

The six hundred men from Dan, armed and ready for battle, waited at the gate entrance.
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The six hundred (600) soldiers from Dan stood at the entryway to Micah’s yard. And they had their weapons ready for war.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 19:17

19:17a When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square,

He saw the traveler in the town gathering place
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He saw a stranger sitting down in the open area of the town.

19:17b the old man asked, “Where are you going,

and asked him, “Where are you (sing.) going?
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Then he asked him where he was going

19:17c and where have you come from?”

Where have you come from?”
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and where he had come from.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 20:19

20:19 The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.

In the morning the Israel people went and set up their camp near Gibeah town.
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When they got up the next day the people of Israel moved close to the town of Gibeah. That is where they made camp.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 21:3

21:3a “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel?

They asked, “Yahweh, you who are the God of Israel, what has happened to us?
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They said, “Yahweh, a terrible thing has happened to your people, the people of Israel.

21:3b Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”

⌊What has happened⌋ so that one of our clans is no longer present?”
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One clan of Israel has disappeared.”

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023