Judges 9:6

9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ¹  in Shechem.

Judges 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ²  was far from Sidon ³  and they had no dealings with anyone. ⁴  The city ⁵  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁶  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

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¹ tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).

² tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

³ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁴ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

⁵ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

⁶ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.