Judges 9
NETnotesJudges 9:2
39 tn Heb “the man.”
Judges 9:3
40 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.
41 tn Heb “The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, the people living in Dor and its surrounding towns, the people living in Ibleam and its surrounding towns, or the people living in Megiddo and its surrounding towns.”
42 tn Or “were determined.”
43 tn Heb “in this land.”
Judges 9:6
44 tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”
Judges 9:7
45 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
46 tn Heb “The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco, the people living in Sidon, Ahlab, Acco, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.”
Judges 9:9
47 tn Heb “the people living in Beth Shemesh or the people living in Beth Anath.”
48 tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
Judges 9:10
49 tn Heb “come down into.”
Judges 9:11
50 tn Or “were determined.”
51 tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.
52 tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”
Judges 9:12
53 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [‘aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
54 tn Or “Amorite territory started at the Pass of the Scorpions at Sela and then went on up.”
Judges 9:14
1 sn See Exodus 14:19; 23:20.
2 tn Heb “the land that I had sworn to your fathers.”
3 tn Or “covenant” (also in the following verse).
Judges 9:15
4 tn Heb “their altars.”
5 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
6 tn Heb “What is this you have done?”
Judges 9:16
7 tn Heb “And I also said.” The use of the perfect tense here suggests that the messenger is recalling an earlier statement (see Joshua 23:12-13). However, some translate, “And I also say,” understanding the following words as an announcement of judgment upon those gathered at Bokim.
8 tn The words “If you disobey” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See Joshua 23:12-13.
9 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Canaanites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צִדִּים (tsiddim) is uncertain in this context. It may be related to an Akkadian cognate meaning “snare.” If so, a more literal translation would be “they will become snares to you.” Normally the term in question means “sides,” but this makes no sense here. On the basis of Num 33:55 some suggest the word for “thorns” has been accidentally omitted. If this word is added, the text would read, “they will become [thorns] in your sides” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).
11 tn Heb “their gods will become a snare to you.”
Judges 9:17
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Judges 9:18
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1 tn Heb “did not know the wars of Canaan.”
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2 tn The Hebrew syntax of v. 2 is difficult. The Hebrew text reads literally, “only in order that the generations of the Israelites might know, to teach them war - only those who formerly did not know them.”
sn The stated purpose for leaving the nations (to teach the subsequent generations…how to conduct holy war) seems to contradict 2:22 and 3:4, which indicate the nations were left to test Israel’s loyalty to the Lord. However, the two stated purposes can be harmonized. The willingness of later generations to learn and engage in holy war would measure their allegiance to the Lord (see B. G. Webb, Judges [JSOTSup], 114-15).
Judges 9:40
3 tn The words “These were the nations,” though not present in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”
Judges 9:41
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Judges 9:43
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