Discovery BoxJudges 11:12 
Context11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have 1 you come against me to attack my land?”
Judges 11:30
Context11:30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,
Judges 18:4
Context18:4 He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, 2 “He hired me and I became his priest.”
Judges 20:12
Context20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe 3 of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? 4
1 tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”
2 tn Heb “He said to them, ‘Such and such Micah has done for me.’” Though the statement is introduced and presented, at least in part, as a direct quotation (note especially “for me”), the phrase “such and such” appears to be the narrator’s condensed version of what the Levite really said.
3 tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.
4 tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”
