Discovery BoxJudges 18:28-29 
Context18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city 1 was far from Sidon 2 and they had no dealings with anyone. 3 The city 4 was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites 5 rebuilt the city and occupied it. 18:29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. 6 But the city’s name used to be Laish.
1 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
2 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
3 tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”
4 tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.
5 tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”
