Judges 1:9
Context1:9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. 1
Judges 1:19
Context1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered 2 the hill country, but they could not 3 conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. 4
Judges 3:27
Context3:27 When he reached Seirah, 5 he blew a trumpet 6 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. 7
Judges 16:3
Context16:3 Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. 8 He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. 9 He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron. 10


[1:9] 1 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
[1:19] 2 tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”
[1:19] 3 tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.
[1:19] 4 tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.
[3:27] 3 tn Heb “When he arrived.”
[3:27] 4 tn That is, “mustered an army.”
[3:27] 5 tn Heb “now he was before them.”
[16:3] 4 tn Heb “And Samson lay until the middle of the night and arose in the middle of the night.”