Judges 18:5

18:5 They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, ¹  so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.” ² 

Judges 9:28

9:28 Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? ³  Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech? ⁴ 

Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite ⁵  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ⁶  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ⁷  But no one has invited me into their home.

¹ tn Heb “Ask God.”

² tn Heb “so we can know if our way on which we are going will be successful.”

³ tn Heb “and Zebul his appointee.”

⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abimelech) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁷ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”