Discovery BoxJudges 11:40 
Context11:40 Every year 1 Israelite women commemorate 2 the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days. 3
Judges 15:20
Context15:20 Samson led 4 Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. 5
Judges 17:6
Context17:6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. 6
Judges 21:25
Context21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. 7
1 tn Heb “From days to days,” a Hebrew idiom for “annually.”
2 tn Heb “go to commemorate.” The rare Hebrew verb תָּנָה (tanah, “to tell; to repeat; to recount”) occurs only here and in 5:11.
3 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in the year.” This is redundant (note “every year” at the beginning of the verse) and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Traditionally, “judged.”
5 tn Heb “in the days of the Philistines.”
6 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
7 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.
