Judges 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Judges 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ¹  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ² 

Judges 11:29

A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter

11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered ³  Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went ⁴  to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. ⁵ 

Judges 14:10

14:10 Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. ⁶  Samson hosted a party ⁷  there, for this was customary for bridegrooms ⁸  to do.

Judges 17:7

Micah Hires a Professional

17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ⁹  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ¹⁰ 

Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ¹¹  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ¹²  and asked him how he was doing. ¹³ 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ¹⁴  got angry at him ¹⁵  and went home ¹⁶  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 19:28

19:28 He said to her, “Get up, let’s leave!” But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home. ¹⁷ 

Judges 21:4

21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. ¹⁸ 

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ¹⁹  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ²⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

² tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”

³ tn Heb “was on.”

⁴ tn Heb “passed through.”

⁵ tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”

⁶ tn Heb “And his father went down to the woman.”

⁷ tn Or “[wedding] feast.”

⁸ tn Heb “the young men.”

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

¹¹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

¹² tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

¹³ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁵ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

¹⁶ tn Heb “went from him.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “And the man took her on the donkey and arose and went to his place.”

¹⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”