Discovery BoxJudges 1:15 
Context1:15 She answered, “Please give me a special present. 1 Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. 2
Judges 1:17
Context1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon 3 and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. 4 So people now call the city Hormah. 5
Judges 4:11
Context4:11 Now Heber the Kenite had moved away 6 from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He lived 7 near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
Judges 4:16-17
Context4:16 Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died 8 by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! 9
4:17 Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor 10 and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty. 11
Judges 6:10
Context6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship 12 the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” 13
Judges 7:8
Context7:8 The men 14 who were chosen 15 took supplies 16 and their trumpets. Gideon 17 sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; 18 he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites 19 were camped down below 20 in the valley.
Judges 7:12
Context7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. 21 Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.
Judges 8:10
Context8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. 22
Judges 9:1
Context9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 23 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 24
Judges 9:16
Context9:16 “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, 25 if you have properly repaid him 26 –
Judges 11:7-8
Context11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave 27 my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?” 11:8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true, 28 but now we pledge to you our loyalty. 29 Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader 30 of all who live in Gilead.” 31
Judges 14:4
Context14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 32 because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 33 (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
Judges 15:18
Context15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant 34 this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” 35
Judges 16:27
Context16:27 Now the temple 36 was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
Judges 18:27
Context18:27 Now the Danites 37 took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. 38
Judges 20:13
Context20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings 39 in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” 40 But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
Judges 21:8
Context21:8 So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. 41
1 tn Elsewhere the Hebrew word בְרָכָה (vÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).
2 tn Some translations regard the expressions “springs of water” (גֻּלֹּת מָיִם, gullot mayim) and “springs” (גֻּלֹּת) as place names here (cf. NRSV).
3 tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”
4 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).
6 tn Or “separated.”
7 tn Heb “pitched his tent.”
8 tn Heb “fell.”
9 tn Heb “was left.”
10 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
11 tn Heb “for there was peace between.”
12 tn Heb “Do not fear.”
13 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
14 tn Heb “The people.”
15 tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
16 tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”
17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
18 tn Heb “tents.”
19 tn Heb “Midian.”
20 tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).
21 tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”
22 tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.”
23 tn Heb “brothers.”
24 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
25 tn Heb “house.”
26 tn Heb “if according to the deeds of his hands you have done to him.”
27 tn Heb “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”
28 tn Heb “therefore”; “even so.” For MT לָכֵן (lakhen, “therefore”) the LXX has an opposite reading, “not so,” which seems to be based on the Hebrew words לֹא כֵן (lo’ khen).
29 tn Heb “we have returned to you.” For another example of שׁוּב אֶל (shuv ’el) in the sense of “give allegiance to,” see 1 Kgs 12:27b.
30 sn Then you will become the leader. The leaders of Gilead now use the word רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head, leader”), the same term that appeared in their original, general offer (see 10:18). In their initial offer to Jephthah they had simply invited him to be their קָצִין (qatsin, “commander”; v. 6). When he resists they must offer him a more attractive reward – rulership over the region. See R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 198.
31 tn Heb “leader of us and all who live in Gilead.”
32 tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”
33 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”
34 tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”
35 tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.
36 tn Heb “house.”
37 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
38 tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.
39 tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”
40 tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”
41 tn Heb “Look, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.”
