Discovery BoxJudges 11:7 
Context11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave 1 my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”
Judges 18:3
Context18:3 As they approached 2 Micah’s house, they recognized the accent 3 of the young Levite. So they stopped 4 there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” 5
Judges 21:21
Context21:21 and keep your eyes open. 6 When you see 7 the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, 8 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 “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”
2 tn Or “When they were near.”
3 tn Heb “voice.” This probably means that “his speech was Judahite [i.e., southern] like their own, not Israelite [i.e., northern]” (R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 263).
4 tn Heb “turned aside.”
5 tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”
6 tn Heb “and look.”
7 tn Heb “and look, when.”
8 tn Heb “in the dances.”
