Judges 4:5

4:5 She would sit ¹  under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel ²  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. ³ 

Judges 10:1

Stability Restored

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.

Judges 17:8

17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. ⁷ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁸  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁹  from Bethlehem ¹⁰  in Judah.

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ¹¹  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ¹² 

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¹ tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

² map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

³ tn Heb “for judgment.”

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 “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

⁸ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

⁹ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

¹¹ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

¹² tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”