Judges 12

Judges 12:1

children = sons.

Judges 12:3

my life = my soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Judges 12:4

and. This “and” is read in the text in some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

Judges 12:5

passages = fords.

Judges 12:6

frame = take heed, give attention.

forty and two thousand = 40 + 2,000 = 2,040. The whole tribe numbered only 32,500 at previous census (Numbers 26:37; see note on Judges 7:3), and that was less than the first numbering (Numbers 1:33). Only 1,000 from each tribe formed the army. Numbers 31:4, Numbers 31:6.

Judges 12:7

judged. First, deliverance; then rule.

buried in one of the cities. City unnamed. Memory not honoured, though mentioned in Hebrews 11:32; yet the last name in that list.

Judges 12:14

nephews = grandsons.

Judges 12:15

mount = hill country.