Discovery BoxJudges 1:19 
Context1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered 1 the hill country, but they could not 2 conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. 3
Judges 4:5
Context4:5 She would sit 4 under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel 5 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. 6
Judges 10:1
Context10:1 After Abimelech’s death, 7 Tola son of Puah, grandson 8 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 9 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
Judges 17:8
Context17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. 10
Judges 19:1
Context19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 11 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 12 from Bethlehem 13 in Judah.
1 tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”
2 tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.
3 tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.
4 tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”
5 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
6 tn Heb “for judgment.”
7 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
8 tn Heb “son.”
9 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
10 tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”
11 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
12 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
13 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
