Judg 3:8 | NET2full | STEP | The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan Rishathaim of Armon Haraim . They were Cushan Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years .

Judges 3:8

8 The Lord was furious with Israel ^{▼▼tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”} and turned them over to ^{▼▼tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”} King Cushan Rishathaim ^{▼▼tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”} of Armon Haraim. ^{▼▼tc Armon Haraim. Traditionally Aram-Naharaim, and sometimes understood as a place in Mesopotamia. This reading accepts the consonantal text but divides the words after the nun (נ) instead of before. The consonants ארמן הרים could be read with a dual ending as ʾArmon Haraim, meaning “Citadel of the Two Mountains,” or with a plural ending as ʾArmon Harim, meaning “Citadel of the Mountains.” In either case, Cushan Rishathaim is probably a remaining Canaanite king with a fortress in the hill country of Israel. See Beitzel, The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands, 106.} They were Cushan Rishathaim’s subjects ^{▼▼tn Or “they served Cushan Rishathaim.”} for eight years.