Judges 2:5
2:5 They named that place Bokim 1 and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.
Judges 3:9
3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he 2 raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued 3 them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 4
Judges 18:14
18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish 5 said to their kinsmen, 6 “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
Judges 18:17
18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole 7 the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. 8
1 sn Bokim means “weeping ones” and is derived from the Hebrew verb בָּכָא (bakha’, “to weep”).
2 tn Heb “the Lord.”
3 tn Or “delivered.”
4 tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).
5 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”
6 tn Heb “brothers.”
7 tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”
8 tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”