Discovery BoxJudges 4:20 
Context4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”
Judges 8:8
Context8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. 1 The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. 2
Judges 11:29
Context11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered 3 Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went 4 to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. 5
Judges 14:10
Context14:10 Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. 6 Samson hosted a party 7 there, for this was customary for bridegrooms 8 to do.
Judges 17:7
Context17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem 9 in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. 10
Judges 18:15
Context18:15 They stopped 11 there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), 12 and asked him how he was doing. 13
Judges 19:2
Context19:2 However, she 14 got angry at him 15 and went home 16 to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
Judges 19:28
Context19:28 He said to her, “Get up, let’s leave!” But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home. 17
Judges 21:4
Context21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. 18
Judges 21:14
Context21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites 19 gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. 20
1 tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”
2 tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”
3 tn Heb “was on.”
4 tn Heb “passed through.”
5 tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”
6 tn Heb “And his father went down to the woman.”
7 tn Or “[wedding] feast.”
8 tn Heb “the young men.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
10 tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”
11 tn Heb “turned aside.”
12 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
13 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
14 tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
15 tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).
16 tn Heb “went from him.”
17 tn Heb “And the man took her on the donkey and arose and went to his place.”
18 tn Or “peace offerings.”
19 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”
