Judges 1:11

1:11 From there they attacked the people of Debir. ¹  (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

Judges 1:23

1:23 When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

Judges 9:53

9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone ²  down on his ³  head and shattered his skull.

Judges 14:20

14:20 Samson’s bride was then given to his best man. ⁴ 

Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped ⁵  Micah’s carved image ⁶  the whole time God’s authorized shrine ⁷  was in Shiloh.

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “they went from there against the inhabitants of Debir.” The LXX reads the verb as “they went up,” which suggests that the Hebrew text translated by the LXX read וַיַּעַל (vayya’al) rather than the MT’s וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh). It is possible that this is the text to be preferred in v. 11. Cf. Josh 15:15.

[9:53]  ² sn A hand mill consisted of an upper stone and larger lower stone. One would turn the upper stone with a handle to grind the grain, which was placed between the stones. An upper millstone, which was typically about two inches thick and a foot or so in diameter, probably weighed 25-30 pounds (11.4-13.6 kg). See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 268; C. F. Burney, Judges, 288.

[9:53]  ³ tn Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions of English narrative style.

[14:20]  ³ tn Heb “to his companion who had been his attendant.”

[18:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

[18:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of God.”