Judges 1:33
Context1:33 The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. 1 They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites 2 living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.
Judges 5:11
Context5:11 Hear 3 the sound of those who divide the sheep 4 among the watering places;
there they tell of 5 the Lord’s victorious deeds,
the victorious deeds of his warriors 6 in Israel.
Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –
Judges 18:1
Context18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place 7 to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. 8
Judges 21:21
Context21:21 and keep your eyes open. 9 When you see 10 the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, 11 jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.
1 tn Heb “the people living in Beth Shemesh or the people living in Beth Anath.”
2 tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn The word “Hear” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
4 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some translate “those who distribute the water” (HALOT 344 s.v. חצץ pi). For other options see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 246-47.
5 tn Or perhaps “repeat.”
6 tn See the note on the term “warriors” in v. 7.
7 tn Heb “an inheritance.”
8 tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”
9 tn Heb “and look.”
10 tn Heb “and look, when.”
11 tn Heb “in the dances.”