Discovery BoxJudges 1:1 
Context1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked 1 the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” 2
Judges 2:8
Context2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
Judges 2:21
Context2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.
Judges 8:33
Context8:33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith 3 their god.
Judges 12:7
Context12:7 Jephthah led 4 Israel for six years; then he 5 died and was buried in his city in Gilead. 6
1 tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the
2 tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”
3 sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.
4 tn Traditionally, “judged.”
5 tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.
