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 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. ⁴ 

Judges 19:1-2

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁵  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁶  from Bethlehem ⁷  in Judah. 19:2 However, she ⁸  got angry at him ⁹  and went home ¹⁰  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ¹¹  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. 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 Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

⁵ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

⁶ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁸ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ 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).

¹⁰ tn Heb “went from him.”

¹¹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹² tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.