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 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ⁶  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ⁷  They went home ⁸  to their own territory, ⁹  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ¹⁰ 

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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 “did so.”

⁷ tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

⁸ tn Heb “went and returned.”

⁹ tn Heb “inheritance.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and lived in them.”