Discovery BoxJudges 2:6 
Context2:6 When Joshua dismissed 1 the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, 2 intending to take possession of the land.
Judges 2:20
Context2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. 3 He said, “This nation 4 has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors 5 by disobeying me. 6
Judges 3:4
Context3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. 7
Judges 3:7
Context3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. 8 They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 9
Judges 8:12
Context8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon 10 chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised 11 their entire army.
Judges 8:34
Context8:34 The Israelites did not remain true 12 to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.
Judges 9:35
Context9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.
Judges 9:57
Context9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell 13 on them.
Judges 10:12
Context10:12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian 14 when they oppressed you? 15 You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. 16
Judges 11:11
Context11:11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement 17 before the Lord in Mizpah.
Judges 15:4
Context15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals 18 and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. 19
Judges 18:26
Context18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized 20 they were too strong to resist, 21 he turned around and went home.
Judges 18:29
Context18:29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. 22 But the city’s name used to be Laish.
Judges 20:1
Context20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba 23 and from the land of Gilead 24 left their homes 25 and assembled together 26 before the Lord at Mizpah.
Judges 20:15
Context20:15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. 27
Judges 21:6
Context21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to 28 their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire 29 tribe from Israel!
Judges 21:24
Context21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. 30
1 tn Or “sent away.”
2 tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”
3 tn Or “The
4 tn Heb “Because this nation.”
5 tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”
6 tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.
7 tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the
8 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
9 sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.
10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”
12 tn Heb “remember.”
13 tn Heb “came.”
14 tc The translation follows the LXX which reads “Midian”; the Hebrew text has “Maon.”
15 tn The words “Did I not deliver you” are interpretive. The Hebrew text simply reads, “Is it not from Egypt…when they oppressed you?” Perhaps the incomplete sentence reflects the
16 tn Heb “hand.”
17 tn Heb “spoke all his words.” This probably refers to the “words” recorded in v. 9. Jephthah repeats the terms of the agreement at the
18 tn Traditionally, “foxes.”
19 tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”
20 tn Heb “saw.”
21 tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”
22 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”
23 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.
24 sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.
25 tn Heb “went out.”
26 tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”
27 tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”
28 tn Or “felt sorry for.”
29 tn Heb “cut off one.”
30 tn Heb “his inheritance.”
