Judg 2:16, 12:8 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 2591-2909. B.C. 1413-1095. the Lord. judges.The {shophetim} were not judges in the usual sense of the term; but were heads or chiefs of the Israelites, raised up on extraordinary occasions, who directed and ruled the nation with sovereign power, administered justice, made peace or war, and led the armies over whom they presided. Officers with the same power, and nearly the same name, were established in New Tyre, after the termination of the regal state; and the Carthaginian Suffetes, the Athenian Archons, and the Roman Dictators, appear to have been nearly the same. delivered. Heb. saved.

‏ Judges 2:16

A.M. 2591-2909. B.C. 1413-1095. the Lord.

3:9,10,15; 4:5; 6:14; 1Sa 12:11; Ac 13:20

judges.The {shophetim} were not judges in the usual sense of the term; but were heads or chiefs of the Israelites, raised up on extraordinary occasions, who directed and ruled the nation with sovereign power, administered justice, made peace or war, and led the armies over whom they presided. Officers with the same power, and nearly the same name, were established in New Tyre, after the termination of the regal state; and the Carthaginian Suffetes, the Athenian Archons, and the Roman Dictators, appear to have been nearly the same.

delivered. Heb. saved.

Ne 9:27; Ps 106:43-45

‏ Judges 12:8

Ibzan. A.M. 2823. B.C. 1181. An. Ex. Is. 310."He seems to have been only a civil judge to do justice in North-east Israel."

Beth-lehem.

Ge 15:19; 1Sa 16:1; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:1