Judg 1:2 | TNotes | STEP | 1:2 This verse, which is paralleled in the epilogues (20:18 ), shows the primacy of Judah . This tribe did not figure in the downward cycles of the judges (cp. 15:9-13 ) after Othniel, the model judge who was linked to Judah through Caleb (Josh 14:6 ; 15:13 , 17 ).

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‏ Judges 1:2

1:2 ^a This verse, which is paralleled in the epilogues (20:18 ^b), shows the primacy of Judah. This tribe did not figure in the downward cycles of the judges (cp. 15:9-13 ^c) after Othniel, the model judge who was linked to Judah through Caleb (Josh 14:6 ^d; 15:13 ^e, 17 ^f).