Discovery BoxJudges 9:2 
Context9:2 “Tell 1 all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want 2 to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” 3
Judges 21:23
Context21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. 4 They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. 5 They went home 6 to their own territory, 7 rebuilt their cities, and settled down. 8
1 tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”
2 tn Heb “What good is it to you?”
3 tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”
4 tn Heb “did so.”
5 tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”
6 tn Heb “went and returned.”
7 tn Heb “inheritance.”
8 tn Heb “and lived in them.”
