18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place 1 to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. 2
19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite 3 living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine 4 from Bethlehem 5 in Judah.
36:31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: 8
33:5 The Lord 9 was king over Jeshurun, 10
when the leaders of the people assembled,
the tribes of Israel together. 11
1 tn Heb “an inheritance.”
2 tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”
3 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”
4 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
6 tn Heb “one.”
7 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
8 tn Or perhaps “before any Israelite king ruled over [them].”
9 tn Heb “he was king.” The present translation avoids the sudden shift in person and the mistaken impression that Moses is the referent by specifying the referent as “the
10 sn Jeshurun is a term of affection referring to Israel, derived from the Hebrew verb יָשַׁר (yashar, “be upright”). See note on the term in Deut 32:15.
11 sn The following blessing is given to the tribes in order, although the tribe of Simeon is curiously missing from the list.