* 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
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