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Judges 16:8

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16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Judges 17:7

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17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem 1  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. 2 

Judges 19:2

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19:2 However, she 3  got angry at him 4  and went home 5  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 21:16

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21:16 The leaders 6  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? 7  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

2 tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

3 tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

4 tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

5 tn Heb “went from him.”

6 tn Or “elders.”

7 tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”



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