10:1 After Abimelech’s death, 4 Tola son of Puah, grandson 5 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 6 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
1 tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.
2 tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”
3 tn Or “throne.”
4 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 tn Heb “son.”
6 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
7 tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”