Discovery BoxJudges 2:9 
Context2:9 The people 1 buried him in his allotted land 2 in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Judges 8:2
Context8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes 3 are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! 4
Judges 12:15
Context12:15 Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
3 tn Heb “gleanings.”
4 sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.
