Judges 2:16 ASV — MannaFest

Judges 2:16

And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them.

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KJV

Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

WEB

Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

YLT

And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;

DBT

And Jehovah raised up judges, and they saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

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An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy. served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Judges - Supreme magistrates, whose office it was, under God, and by his particular direction, to govern the commonwealth of Israel by God's laws, and to protect and save them from their enemies, to preserve and purge religion, and to maintain the liberties of the people against all oppressors.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Psalms 106:43
Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
Acts 13:20
and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
Judges 10:1
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
1 Samuel 12:11
And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.
Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Judges 3:9
And when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
1 Samuel 7:15
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
Judges 3:31
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.
Ruth 1:1
And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Obadiah 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.
Hosea 13:10
Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

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Featured studyThe Judges Cycle — the Downward Spiralauto-extracted from the page's own chapter links

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About this book

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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The whole remaining floor, clustered by book in canonical order. The first references in each book travel with their words; the rest are one click from theirs.

Judges2

1 Chronicles1

1 Chronicles 17:6In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word…

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).

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1 Samuel 12:11
And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.
leads to
- Judges 6:32
  Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.
- Judges 4:6
  And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take…
Through
Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him…
leads to
- Judges 3:9
  And when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
- Psalms 78:34
  When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
- Judges 20:16
  Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
- Jeremiah 33:3
  Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Through
Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold…
leads to
- Psalms 106:41–45
  And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them.
Through
Acts 13:20
and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:20
  And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.

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