Judges 10:1

Stability Restored

10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ¹  Tola son of Puah, grandson ²  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ³  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

Judges 17:8

17:8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house. ⁴ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁵  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁶  from Bethlehem ⁷  in Judah.

Judges 19:16

19:16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. ⁸  The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) ⁹ 

[10:1]  ¹ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “son.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

[19:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁸ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And look, an old man was coming from his work, from the field in the evening.”

[19:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And the men of the place were Benjaminites.”