Discovery BoxJudges 4:17 
Context4:17 Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor 1 and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty. 2
Judges 13:19-21
Context13:19 Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched. 3 13:20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it 4 while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown 5 to the ground.
13:21 The Lord’s messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord’s messenger. 6
1 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
2 tn Heb “for there was peace between.”
3 tc Heb “Doing an extraordinary deed while Manoah and his wife were watching.” The subject of the participle is missing. The translation assumes that the phrase “the
4 tn Heb “in the flame from the altar.”
5 tn Heb “on their faces.”
6 tn Heb “Then Manoah knew that he was the
