Discovery BoxJudges 8:1
Context8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us 1 when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
Judges 9:2
Context9:2 “Tell 2 all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want 3 to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” 4
Judges 13:8
Context13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, 5 “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God 6 to visit 7 us again, so he can teach 8 us how we should raise 9 the child who will be born.”
Judges 14:18
Context14:18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”
He said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer, 10
you would not have solved my riddle!”
Judges 18:14
Context18:14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish 11 said to their kinsmen, 12 “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
[8:1] 1 tn Heb “by not summoning us.”
[9:2] 2 tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”
[9:2] 3 tn Heb “What good is it to you?”
[9:2] 4 tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”
[13:8] 3 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[13:8] 4 tn Heb “the man of God.”
[13:8] 6 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).
[13:8] 7 tn Heb “what we should do for.”
[14:18] 4 sn Plowed with my heifer. This statement emphasizes that the Philistines had utilized a source of information which should have been off-limits to them. Heifers were used in plowing (Hos 10:11), but one typically used one’s own farm animals, not another man’s.
[18:14] 5 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX lacks the phrase “of Laish.”
