Judges 5:17

5:17 Gilead stayed put ¹  beyond the Jordan River.

As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? ² 

Asher remained ³  on the seacoast,

he stayed ⁴  by his harbors. ⁵ 

Judges 18:12

18:12 They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. ⁶  It is west ⁷  of Kiriath Jearim.)

Judges 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ⁸  and from the land of Gilead ⁹  left their homes ¹⁰  and assembled together ¹¹  before the Lord at Mizpah.

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “Dan, why did he live as a resident alien, ships.” The verb גּוּר (gur) usually refers to taking up residence outside one’s native land. Perhaps the Danites, rather than rallying to Barak, were content to move to the Mediterranean coast and work in the shipyards. For further discussion, see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 262.

[5:17]  ³ tn Heb “lived.”

[5:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִפְרָץ (mifrats) is uncertain, but the parallelism (note “seacoast”) suggests “harbors.”

[18:12]  ⁶ tn Or “Mahaneh Dan”; the Hebrew term “Mahaneh” means “camp [of].” Many English versions retain the transliterated Hebrew expression, but cf. CEV “Dan’s Camp.”

[18:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “behind.”

[20:1]  ¹¹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ¹² sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”