Discovery BoxJudges 1:13 
Context1:13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, 1 captured it, Caleb 2 gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.
Judges 1:24
Context1:24 the spies spotted 3 a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
Judges 2:9
Context2:9 The people 4 buried him in his allotted land 5 in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Judges 3:27
Context3:27 When he reached Seirah, 6 he blew a trumpet 7 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. 8
Judges 6:14-15
Context6:14 Then the Lord himself 9 turned to him and said, “You have the strength. 10 Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! 11 Have I not sent you?” 6:15 Gideon 12 said to him, “But Lord, 13 how 14 can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.” 15
Judges 6:17
Context6:17 Gideon 16 said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, 17 then give me 18 a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
Judges 6:20
Context6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, 19 and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. 20
Judges 9:4
Context9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous 21 men as his followers. 22
Judges 9:19
Context9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family 23 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! 24
Judges 9:33
Context9:33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.” 25
Judges 11:3
Context11:3 So Jephthah left 26 his half-brothers 27 and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. 28
Judges 11:11
Context11:11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement 29 before the Lord in Mizpah.
Judges 11:15
Context11:15 and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal 30 the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
Judges 11:19
Context11:19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, “Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.” 31
Judges 14:10
Context14:10 Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. 32 Samson hosted a party 33 there, for this was customary for bridegrooms 34 to do.
Judges 14:13
Context14:13 But if you cannot solve it, 35 you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” 36
Judges 16:8
Context16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.
Judges 17:9-10
Context17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” 37 17:10 Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser 38 and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.” 39
Judges 18:5
Context18:5 They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, 40 so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.” 41
Judges 18:15
Context18:15 They stopped 42 there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), 43 and asked him how he was doing. 44
Judges 18:25
Context18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men 45 will attack you, and you and your family will die.” 46
Judges 19:2
Context19:2 However, she 47 got angry at him 48 and went home 49 to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
Judges 19:12
Context19:12 But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. 50 We will travel on to Gibeah.”
1 tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel was Caleb’s nephew; so CEV).
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “saw.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
6 tn Heb “When he arrived.”
7 tn That is, “mustered an army.”
8 tn Heb “now he was before them.”
9 sn Some interpreters equate the
10 tn Heb “Go in this strength of yours.”
11 tn Heb “the hand of Midian.”
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.
14 tn Heb “with what.”
15 tn Heb “in my father’s house.”
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”
18 tn Heb “perform for me.”
19 tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”
20 tn Heb “and he did so.”
21 tn Heb “empty and reckless.”
22 tn Heb “and they followed him.”
23 tn Heb “house.”
24 tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”
25 tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”
26 tn Or “fled from.”
27 tn Heb “brothers.”
28 tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”
29 tn Heb “spoke all his words.” This probably refers to the “words” recorded in v. 9. Jephthah repeats the terms of the agreement at the
30 tn Or “take”; or “seize.”
31 tn Heb “to my place.”
32 tn Heb “And his father went down to the woman.”
33 tn Or “[wedding] feast.”
34 tn Heb “the young men.”
35 tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”
36 tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”
37 tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”
38 tn Heb “father.” “Father” is here a title of honor that suggests the priest will give advice and protect the interests of the family, primarily by divining God’s will in matters, perhaps through the use of the ephod. (See R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 257; also Gen 45:8, where Joseph, who was a diviner and interpreter of dreams, is called Pharaoh’s “father,” and 2 Kgs 6:21; 13:14, where a prophet is referred to as a “father.” Note also 2 Kgs 8:9, where a king identifies himself as a prophet’s “son.” One of a prophet’s main functions was to communicate divine oracles. Cf. 2 Kgs 8:9ff.; 13:14-19).
39 tn The Hebrew text expands with the phrase: “and the Levite went.” This only makes sense if taken with “to live” in the next verse. Apparently “the Levite went” and “the Levite agreed” are alternative readings which have been juxtaposed in the text.
40 tn Heb “Ask God.”
41 tn Heb “so we can know if our way on which we are going will be successful.”
42 tn Heb “turned aside.”
43 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
44 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
45 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
46 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”
47 tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
48 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).
49 tn Heb “went from him.”
50 tn Heb “who are not from the sons of Israel.”
