Judges 18:1

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ¹  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ² 

Judges 18:7

18:7 So the five men journeyed on ³  and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there ⁴  were living securely, like the Sidonians do, ⁵  undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. ⁶  They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. ⁷ 

Joshua 11:8

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ⁸  Misrephoth Maim, ⁹  and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

Isaiah 23:4

23:4 Be ashamed, O Sidon,

for the sea ¹⁰  says this, O fortress of the sea:

“I have not gone into labor

or given birth;

I have not raised young men

or brought up young women.” ¹¹ 

Isaiah 23:12

23:12 He said,

“You will no longer celebrate,

oppressed ¹²  virgin daughter Sidon!

Get up, travel to Cyprus,

but you will find no relief there.” ¹³ 

[18:1]  ¹ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[18:7]  ³ tn Or “went.”

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “who were in its midst.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the custom of the Sidonians.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there was no one humiliating anything in the land, one taking possession [by] force.”

[18:7]  ⁷ tc Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX and Symmachus read “Syria” here rather than the MT’s “men.” This reading presupposes a Hebrew Vorlage אֲרָם (’aram, “Aram,” i.e., Arameans) rather than the MT reading אָדָם (’adam). This reading is possibly to be preferred over the MT.

[11:8]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:8]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[23:4]  ⁷ tn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:430-31) sees here a reference to Yam, the Canaanite god of the sea. He interprets the phrase מָעוֹז הַיָּם (ma’oz hayyam, “fortress of the sea”) as a title of Yam, translating “Mighty One of the Sea.” A more traditional view is that the phrase refers to Sidon.

[23:4]  ⁸ tn Or “virgins” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).

[23:12]  ⁹ tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible.

[23:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[to the] Kittim, get up, cross over; even there there will be no rest for you.” On “Kittim” see the note on “Cyprus” at v. 1.