Judges 1:11

1:11 From there they attacked the people of Debir. ¹  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

Judges 1:22

Partial Success

1:22 When the men ²  of Joseph attacked ³  Bethel, ⁴  the Lord was with them.

Judges 20:21

20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “they went from there against the inhabitants of Debir.” The LXX reads the verb as “they went up,” which suggests that the Hebrew text translated by the LXX read וַיַּעַל (vayya’al) rather than the MT’s וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh). It is possible that this is the text to be preferred in v. 11. Cf. Josh 15:15.

² tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

³ tn Heb “went up.”

⁴ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁵ tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”