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 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ³  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁴  from Bethlehem ⁵  in Judah.

Judges 21:3

21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire ⁶  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

Judges 21:25

21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁷ 

Genesis 36:31

36:31 These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 33:5

33:5 The Lord ⁹  was king over Jeshurun, ¹⁰ 

when the leaders of the people assembled,

the tribes of Israel together. ¹¹ 

[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.”

[19:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[21:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “one.”

[21:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

[36:31]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps “before any Israelite king ruled over [them].”

[33:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “he was king.” The present translation avoids the sudden shift in person and the mistaken impression that Moses is the referent by specifying the referent as “the Lord.”

[33:5]  ¹⁰ sn Jeshurun is a term of affection referring to Israel, derived from the Hebrew verb יָשַׁר (yashar, “be upright”). See note on the term in Deut 32:15.

[33:5]  ¹¹ sn The following blessing is given to the tribes in order, although the tribe of Simeon is curiously missing from the list.