Hakim-hakim 18:1

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ¹  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ² 

Hakim-hakim 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ³  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁴  from Bethlehem ⁵  in Judah.

Hakim-hakim 21:25

21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁶ 

[18:1]  ¹ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[19:1]  ³ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[21:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

[21:25]  sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.