Judges 4:5

4:5 She would sit ¹  under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel ²  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. ³ 

Judges 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. ⁴  God’s angelic messenger visited ⁵  the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 11:39

11:39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. ⁶  Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. ⁷ 

Judges 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ⁸  was far from Sidon ⁹  and they had no dealings with anyone. ¹⁰  The city ¹¹  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ¹²  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

[4:5]  ¹ tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

[4:5]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[4:5]  ³ tn Heb “for judgment.”

[13:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

[13:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “came to.”

[11:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [ICC], 302-3; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.

[11:39]  ⁸ tn Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”

[18:28]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[18:28]  ¹² tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

[18:28]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.