Judges 1:21
1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. 1 The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. 2
Judges 1:26
1:26 He 3 moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.
Judges 8:32
8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very 4 old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 9:37
9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center 5 of the land. A unit 6 is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” 7
Judges 18:25
18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men 8 will attack you, and you and your family will die.” 9
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).
3 tn Heb “the man.”
4 tn Heb “good.”
5 tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.
6 tn Heb “head.”
7 tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.
8 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
9 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”