Judges 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ¹  was far from Sidon ²  and they had no dealings with anyone. ³  The city ⁴  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁵  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ⁶  went up to ⁷  Bethel. ⁸  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ⁹  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ¹⁰  to the Lord.

Judges 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ¹¹  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ¹²  They went home ¹³  to their own territory, ¹⁴  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ¹⁵ 

[18:28]  ¹ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ⁸ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ⁹ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ¹⁰ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[21:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “did so.”

[21:23]  ¹² tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

[21:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “went and returned.”

[21:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “inheritance.”

[21:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and lived in them.”