18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place 5 to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. 6
1 tn Or “strong.”
2 tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.
3 tn Traditionally, “foxes.”
4 tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”
5 tn Heb “an inheritance.”
6 tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”