Judges 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Judges 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ³  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

[1:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

[21:7]  ³ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”