Judges 4:17

4:17 Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor ¹  and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty. ² 

Judges 8:27

8:27 Gideon used all this to make ³  an ephod, ⁴  which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites ⁵  prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it ⁶  there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ⁷  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ⁸ 

Judges 9:16

9:16 “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, ⁹  if you have properly repaid him ¹⁰  –

Judges 16:31

16:31 His brothers and all his family ¹¹  went down and brought him back. ¹²  They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led ¹³  Israel for twenty years.

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¹ map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

² tn Heb “for there was peace between.”

³ tn Heb “made it into.”

⁴ sn In Exod 28:4-6 and several other texts an ephod is described as a priestly or cultic garment. In some cases an ephod is used to obtain a divine oracle (1 Sam 23:9; 30:7). Here the ephod is made of gold and is described as being quite heavy (70-75 lbs?). Some identify it as an idol, but it was more likely a cultic object fashioned in the form of a garment which was used for oracular purposes. For discussion of the ephod in the OT, see C. F. Burney, Judges, 236-43, and R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 349-52.

⁵ tn Heb “Israel” (a collective singular).

⁶ tn The words “by worshiping it” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁸ tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

⁹ tn Heb “house.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “if according to the deeds of his hands you have done to him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

¹² tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

¹³ tn Traditionally, “judged.”