Defend - The marginal reading “to deliver,” is far preferable. The word is the same as in Judges 2:16, Judges 2:18;[Reference Jud…

After Abimelech. —This is merely a note of time. Abimelech is not counted among the judges, though it is not improbable that, evil as the …

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel
To save, deliver, and protect Israel; which does not necessarily im…

Quiet and peaceable reigns, though the best to live in, yield the least variety of matter for discussion. Such were the days of Tola and Jair. They…