Judges 2:16

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
up	וַיָּ֥קֶם vai.Ya.kem	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
judges	שֹֽׁפְטִ֑ים sho.fe.Tim	H8199	to judge · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
delivered	וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיע֔וּם vai.Yo.o.shi.'Um	H3467	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	מִיַּ֖ד mi.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
spoiled	שֹׁסֵיהֶֽם sho.sei.Hem	H8154	to plunder · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Acts 13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
1 Samuel 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dw…
Psalms 106:43-45 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthande…
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee,…
Judges 3:9-10 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othn…
Judges 4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgm…
Judges 6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

The beginning of this paragraph is only a repetition of what account we had before of the people's good character during the government of Joshua, and of his death and burial (Jos 24:29, Jos 24:30), which comes in here again only to make way for the following account, which this chapter gives, of their degeneracy and apostasy. The angel had foretold that the Canaanites and their idols would be a snare to Israel; now the historian undertakes to show that they were so, and, that this may appear the more clear, he looks back a little, and takes notice, 1. Of their happy settlement in the land of Canaan. Joshua, having distributed this land among them, dismissed them to the quiet and comfortable…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were…

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John Gill on Judges 2:16

Nevertheless, the Lord raised up judges,.... Who are particularly mentioned by name, and their exploits recorded, in some following chapters, and from whom the book in general has its name: these were men that God raised up in an extraordinary manner, and spirited and qualified for the work he had to do by them; which was to deliver the people of Israel out of the hands of their oppressors, and restore them to their privileges and liberties, and protect them in them, and administer justice to them; which was a wonderful instance of the goodness of God to them, notwithstanding their many provoking sins and transgressions: which delivered them out of the hands of those that spoiled them; who…

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Baal · .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the — .The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the
Judge · .During the time when the land was ruled by — .During the time when the land was ruled by
Judges, Extraordinary · Raised up to deliver Israel — Raised up to deliver Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 2:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:16

Dictionary and topics

Judges 2:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 2:16

John Gill on Judges 2:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 2:16-17

Rashi on Judges 2:16