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 6:40

6:40 That night God did as he asked. ⁶  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Judges 16:27

16:27 Now the temple ⁷  was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

[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.”

[6:40]  ⁶ tn Heb “God did so that night.”

[16:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”