Hakim-hakim 10:1

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10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ¹  Tola son of Puah, grandson ²  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ³  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

Hakim-hakim 12:14

12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

Hakim-hakim 18:30

18:30 The Danites worshiped ⁴  the carved image. Jonathan, descendant ⁵  of Gershom, son of Moses, ⁶  and his descendants ⁷  served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

Hakim-hakim 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

[10:1]  ¹ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “son.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

[18:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “erected for themselves.”

[18:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “son.”

[18:30]  ⁶ tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX mss and the Vulgate, support the reading “Moses” (מֹשֶׁה, mosheh) here. Many Hebrew mss have a nun (נ) suspended above the name between the first two letters (מנשׁה), suggesting the name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, mÿnasheh). This is probably a scribal attempt to protect Moses’ reputation. For discussion, see G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 401-2.

[18:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons.”