Discovery BoxJudges 6:25 
ContextGideon Destroys the Altar
6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. 1 Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.
Judges 16:30
Context16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard 2 and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. 3
Judges 18:2
Context18:2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, 4 capable men 5 from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. 6
1 tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.
2 tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”
3 tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”
4 tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”
5 tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”
6 tn Heb “They came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, and spent the night there.”
