Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁶  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁷  from Bethlehem ⁸  in Judah.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[19:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁷ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.