Judges 16:8

16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Judges 17:7

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17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ¹  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ² 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ³  got angry at him ⁴  and went home ⁵  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 21:16

21:16 The leaders ⁶  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ⁷  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

² tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

³ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

⁵ tn Heb “went from him.”

⁶ tn Or “elders.”

⁷ tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”