Discovery BoxJudges 6:2 
Context6:2 The Midianites 1 overwhelmed Israel. 2 Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters 3 for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
Judges 9:8
Context9:8 “The trees were determined to go out 4 and choose a king for themselves. 5 They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ 6
1 tn Heb “the hand of Midian.”
2 tn Heb “The hand of Midian was strong against Israel.”
3 tn Or possibly “secret storage places.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.
4 tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”
5 tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”
6 tn Or “Rule over us!”
