Judges 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ¹  was far from Sidon ²  and they had no dealings with anyone. ³  The city ⁴  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁵  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

Judges 20:6

20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces ⁶  throughout the territory occupied by Israel, ⁷  because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity ⁸  in Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

² map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

³ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

⁴ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

⁵ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”

⁷ tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”

⁸ tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”