Discovery BoxJudges 19:18 
Context19:18 The Levite 1 said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem 2 in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. 3 But no one has invited me into their home.
Judges 20:45
Context20:45 The rest 4 turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites 5 caught 6 five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels 7 all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
3 tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.
7 tn Heb “stuck close after them.”
