Discovery BoxJudges 9:6 
Context9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar 1 in Shechem.
Judges 10:18
Context10:18 The leaders 2 of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge 3 against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”
Judges 16:16
Context16:16 She nagged him 4 every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. 5
Judges 16:27
Context16:27 Now the temple 6 was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
Judges 18:26
Context18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized 7 they were too strong to resist, 8 he turned around and went home.
Judges 20:2
Context20:2 The leaders 9 of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered 10 four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.
1 tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).
2 tn Heb “the people, the officers.”
3 tn Heb “Who is the man who will begin fighting.”
4 tn Heb “forced him with her words.”
5 tn Heb “and his spirit was short [i.e., impatient] to the point of death.”
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “saw.”
8 tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”
9 tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.
10 tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
