14 Those with their roots in Amalek[a] came from Ephraim;
Benjamin came with your people after you.
The leaders came down from Machir,(A)
and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 LXX reads in the valley

14 Some came from Ephraim,(A) whose roots were in Amalek;(B)
    Benjamin(C) was with the people who followed you.
From Makir(D) captains came down,
    from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[a] staff.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

18 Zebulun was a people risking their lives,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

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18 The people of Zebulun(A) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali(B) on the terraced fields.(C)

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21 Saul responded, “Am I not a Benjaminite(A) from the smallest of Israel’s tribes and isn’t my clan the least important of all the clans of the Benjaminite tribe?(B) So why have you said something like this to me?”

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21 Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe(A) of Israel, and is not my clan the least(B) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?(C) Why do you say such a thing to me?”

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