Discovery BoxJudges 6:4 
Context6:4 They invaded the land 1 and devoured 2 its crops 3 all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, 4 and they took away 5 the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
Judges 9:1
ContextAbimelech Murders His Brothers
9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 6 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 7
Judges 20:6
Context20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces 8 throughout the territory occupied by Israel, 9 because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity 10 in Israel.
1 tn Heb “They encamped against them.”
2 tn Heb “destroyed.”
3 tn Heb “the crops of the land.”
4 tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”
5 tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Heb “brothers.”
7 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
8 tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”
9 tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”
