Discovery BoxJudges 1:14 
Context1:14 One time Acsah 1 came and charmed her father 2 so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
Judges 2:3
Context2:3 At that time I also warned you, 3 ‘If you disobey, 4 I will not drive out the Canaanites 5 before you. They will ensnare you 6 and their gods will lure you away.’” 7
Judges 11:26
Context11:26 Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?
Judges 14:4
Context14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 8 because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 9 (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
Judges 14:8
Context14:8 Some time later, when he went back to marry 10 her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw 11 a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.
Judges 16:28
Context16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, 12 remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge 13 against the Philistines for my two eyes!”
Judges 18:30
Context18:30 The Danites worshiped 14 the carved image. Jonathan, descendant 15 of Gershom, son of Moses, 16 and his descendants 17 served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.
Judges 19:6
Context19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. 18 Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” 19
Judges 19:30
Context19:30 Everyone who saw the sight 20 said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since 21 the Israelites left the land of Egypt! 22 Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”
1 tn Heb “she”; the referent (Acsah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “him.” The pronoun could refer to Othniel, in which case one would translate, “she incited him [Othniel] to ask her father for a field.” This is problematic, however, for Acsah, not Othniel, makes the request in v. 15. The LXX has “he [Othniel] urged her to ask her father for a field.” This appears to be an attempt to reconcile the apparent inconsistency and probably does not reflect the original text. If Caleb is understood as the referent of the pronoun, the problem disappears. For a fuller discussion of the issue, see P. G. Mosca, “Who Seduced Whom? A Note on Joshua 15:18 // Judges 1:14,” CBQ 46 (1984): 18-22. The translation takes Caleb to be the referent, specified as “her father.”
3 tn Heb “And I also said.” The use of the perfect tense here suggests that the messenger is recalling an earlier statement (see Josh 23:12-13). However, some translate, “And I also say,” understanding the following words as an announcement of judgment upon those gathered at Bokim.
4 tn The words “If you disobey” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See Josh 23:12-13.
5 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Canaanites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צִדִּים (tsiddim) is uncertain in this context. It may be related to an Akkadian cognate meaning “snare.” If so, a more literal translation would be “they will become snares to you.” Normally the term in question means “sides,” but this makes no sense here. On the basis of Num 33:55 some suggest the word for “thorns” has been accidentally omitted. If this word is added, the text would read, “they will become [thorns] in your sides” (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).
7 tn Heb “their gods will become a snare to you.”
8 tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”
9 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”
10 tn Heb “get.”
11 tn Heb “and look, a swarm of bees…”
12 tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).
13 tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”
14 tn Heb “erected for themselves.”
15 tn Heb “son.”
16 tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX
17 tn Heb “sons.”
18 tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”
19 tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”
20 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
21 tn Heb “from the day.”
22 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”
