Judges 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Judges 5:25

5:25 He asked for water,

and she gave him milk;

in a bowl fit for a king, ³ 

she served him curds.

Judges 11:5

11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, ⁴  the leaders ⁵  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ⁶  from the land of Tob.

Judges 18:8

18:8 When the Danites returned to their tribe ⁷  in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen ⁸  asked them, “How did it go?” ⁹ 

Judges 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

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¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

³ tn Or “for mighty ones.”

⁴ tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

⁵ tn Or “elders.”

⁶ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”

⁷ tn Heb “They came to their brothers.”

⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁹ tn Heb “What you?”