Discovery BoxJudges 1:1 
ContextJudah Takes the Lead
1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked 1 the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” 2
Judges 5:25
Context5:25 He asked for water,
and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for a king, 3
she served him curds.
Judges 11:5
Context11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, 4 the leaders 5 of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back 6 from the land of Tob.
Judges 18:8
Context18:8 When the Danites returned to their tribe 7 in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen 8 asked them, “How did it go?” 9
Judges 20:27
Context20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
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 tn Or “for mighty ones.”
4 tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”
5 tn Or “elders.”
6 tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”
7 tn Heb “They came to their brothers.”
8 tn Heb “brothers.”
9 tn Heb “What you?”
