Judges 9:15
9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose 1 me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! 2 Otherwise 3 may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
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 20:48
20:48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns 5 and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, 6 the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. 7
Judges 21:7
21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? 8 After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
1 tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”
2 tn Heb “in my shade.”
3 tn Heb “If not.”
4 tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”
5 tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”
6 tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir mÿtim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir mÿtom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).
7 tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”
8 tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”