Judges 1:31

1:31 The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, 1  nor did they conquer Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. 2 

Judges 2:23

2:23 This is why 3  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; 4  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Judges 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? 5 

1 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

2 tn Heb “The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco, the people living in Sidon, Ahlab, Acco, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.”

3 tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

4 tn Or “quickly.”

5 tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

sn Jephthah argues that the Ammonite king should follow the example of Balak, who, once thwarted in his attempt to bring a curse on Israel, refused to attack Israel and returned home (Num 22-24).