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 ¹  – they are in the land of Gilead. ² 

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 ³  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 18:3

18:3 As they approached ⁵  Micah’s house, they recognized the accent ⁶  of the young Levite. So they stopped ⁷  there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” ⁸ 

[10:4]  ¹ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ² tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Or “When they were near.”

[18:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “voice.” This probably means that “his speech was Judahite [i.e., southern] like their own, not Israelite [i.e., northern]” (R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 263).

[18:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”