Judges 12:10

12:10 then he ¹  died and was buried in Bethlehem.

Judges 12:8

Order Restored

12:8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem ²  led ³  Israel.

Judges 17:7

Micah Hires a Professional

17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ⁴  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ⁵ 

Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite ⁶  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ⁷  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ⁸  But no one has invited me into their home.

Judges 17:8-9

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. ⁹  17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” ¹⁰ 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ¹¹  got angry at him ¹²  and went home ¹³  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹⁴  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁵  from Bethlehem ¹⁶  in Judah.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Ibzan.” The pronoun “he” is used in the translation in keeping with English style, which tends to use a proper name first in a sentence followed by a pronoun rather than vice versa.

[12:8]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[12:8]  ³ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[17:7]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

[19:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “He came to the Ephraimite hill country, to Micah’s house, making his way.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”

[19:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ⁸ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

[19:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “went from him.”

[19:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁹ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.