Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁶  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁷  from Bethlehem ⁸  in Judah.

¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Or “was true to.”

³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

⁷ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.