Judges 4:5
Context4:5 She would sit 1 under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel 2 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. 3
Judges 10:1
Context10:1 After Abimelech’s death, 4 Tola son of Puah, grandson 5 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 6 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
Judges 17:8
Context17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. 7
Judges 19:1
Context19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 8 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 9 from Bethlehem 10 in Judah.
Judges 19:16
Context19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. 11 The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) 12
1 tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
3 tn Heb “for judgment.”
4 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 tn Heb “son.”
6 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
7 tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”
8 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
9 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
10 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
11 tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”
12 tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”