Discovery BoxJudges 2:7 
Context2:7 The people worshiped 1 the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men 2 who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed 3 all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. 4
Judges 3:1
Context3:1 These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites. 5
Judges 3:3
Context3:3 These were the nations: 6 the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo-Hamath. 7
Judges 9:38
Context9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, 8 ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men 9 you insulted? 10 Go out now and fight them!”
Judges 10:4
Context10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair 11 – they are in the land of Gilead. 12
Judges 18:18
Context18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole 13 the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
1 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
2 tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”
3 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”
4 tn Heb “the great work of the
5 tn Heb “did not know the wars of Canaan.”
6 tn The words “These were the nations,” though not present in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”
8 tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”
9 tn Heb “the people.”
10 tn Or “despised.”
11 sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.
12 tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”
13 tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”
