Judges — Footnotes

Chapter 3

3:8 — Aram-naharaim

3:24 — relieving himself: literally, 'covering his feet'. See 1 Samuel 24:3.

Chapter 5

5:14 — i.e. after Ephraim

5:30 — the neck of the queen. For details see the Variant Exceptions section in the Appendix.

Chapter 9

9:37 — Psychics here is in Hebrew: 'Meonenim', those interpreting omens.

9:46 — El-berith, another name for, or possibly changed from an original text of 'Baal-berith' which is at 8:33 and 9:4. Some versions of the Septuagint read Baal here instead of El (i.e. god). See also p. 31, Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 108, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1951.

Chapter 12

12:7 — Zepheh is the same as Mizpah in 11:11, 29, and 34.