Judges 1:19

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ¹  the hill country, but they could not ²  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ³ 

Judges 4:5

4:5 She would sit ⁴  under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel ⁵  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. ⁶ 

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ⁷  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ⁸  The Midianites ⁹  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 10:1

Stability Restored

10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ¹⁰  Tola son of Puah, grandson ¹¹  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ¹²  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

Judges 17:8

17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. ¹³ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹⁴  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁵  from Bethlehem ¹⁶  in Judah.

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¹ tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

² tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

³ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

⁴ tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁶ tn Heb “for judgment.”

⁷ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

⁸ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

⁹ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

¹⁰ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “son.”

¹² tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

¹³ tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

¹⁵ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

¹⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.