Judges 2:16
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
BSB
ASV
And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them.
KJV
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
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.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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1 Samuel 12:11So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
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So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…
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Judges 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
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Nehemiah 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You…
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He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
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Acts 13:20All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
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So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
