Discovery BoxJudges 6:29 
Context6:29 They said to one another, 1 “Who did this?” 2 They investigated the matter thoroughly 3 and concluded 4 that Gideon son of Joash had done it.
Judges 8:25
Context8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” 5 So they 6 spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
Judges 17:5
Context17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. 7 He made an ephod 8 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. 9
Judges 18:29
Context18:29 They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel’s sons. 10 But the city’s name used to be Laish.
Judges 19:13
Context19:13 He said to his servant, 11 “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns 12 and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Judges 20:16-17
Context20:16 Among this army 13 were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. 14 Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. 15 20:17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. 16
Judges 21:1
Context21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
1 tn Heb “each one to his neighbor.”
2 tn Heb “this thing.”
3 tn Heb “they inquired and searched.” The synonyms are joined to emphasize the care with which they conducted their inquiry.
4 tn Heb “and said.” Perhaps the plural subject is indefinite. If so, it could be translated, “they were told.”
5 tn Heb “We will indeed give.”
6 tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.
7 tn Heb “house of God.”
8 sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).
9 tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”
10 tn Heb “They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who had been born to Israel.”
11 tn Or “young man.”
12 tn Heb “we will enter one of the places.”
13 tn Heb “And from all this people.”
14 tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.
15 tn “at a single hair and not miss.”
16 tn Heb “a man of war.”
