Discovery BoxJudges 18:22 
Context18:22 After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors 1 gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
Judges 20:1
ContextCivil War Breaks Out
20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba 2 and from the land of Gilead 3 left their homes 4 and assembled together 5 before the Lord at Mizpah.
1 tn Heb “the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house.”
2 sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.
3 sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.
4 tn Heb “went out.”
5 tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”
