Hakim-hakim 1:21

1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Hakim-hakim 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ³  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Hakim-hakim 10:4

10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair ⁴  – they are in the land of Gilead. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 13:3

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ⁶  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ⁷  are infertile and childless, ⁸  but you will conceive and have a son.

Hakim-hakim 18:12

18:12 They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. ⁹  It is west ¹⁰  of Kiriath Jearim.)

[1:21]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:21]  ² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

[6:24]  ³ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[10:4]  ⁴ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[13:3]  ⁶ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

[13:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, you.”

[13:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

[18:12]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “behind.”