Then the LORDraisedup judgeswho deliveredthem from the handsof those who plunderedthem.
even from the daythat I commandedjudgesto be overMy peopleIsrael;and I will giveyou restfrom allyour enemies.The LORDalso declaresto you that the LORDwill makea housefor you.
"Therefore You deliveredthem into the handof their oppressorswho oppressedthem, But when they criedto You in the timeof their distress,You heardfrom heaven,and according to Your greatcompassionYou gavethem delivererswho deliveredthem from the handof their oppressors.
"Afterthese thingsHe gave[them] judgesuntilSamuelthe prophet.
Now afterAbimelechdied, Tolathe sonof Puah,the sonof Dodo,a manof Issachar,aroseto saveIsrael;and he livedin Shamirin the hillcountryof Ephraim.
So Jephthahcrossedoverto the sonsof Ammonto fightagainst them; and the LORDgavethem into his hand.
But when the sonsof Israelcriedto the LORD,the LORDraisedup a delivererfor them, Ehudthe sonof Gera,the Benjamite,a left-handedman.And the sonsof Israelsenttributeby him to Eglonthe kingof Moab.
Afterhim cameShamgarthe sonof Anath,who struckdownsixhundredPhilistineswith an oxgoad;and he alsosavedIsrael.
She used to situnderthe palmtreeof DeborahbetweenRamahand Bethelin the hillcountryof Ephraim;and the sonsof Israelcameup to her for judgment.
The LORDlookedat him and said,"Goin thisyour strengthand deliverIsraelfrom the handof Midian.Have I not sentyou?"
Now it cameabout in the dayswhen the judgesgoverned,that there was a faminein the land.And a certain manof Bethlehemin Judahwentto sojournin the landof Moabwith his wifeand his twosons.
"Then the LORDsentJerubbaaland Bedanand Jephthahand Samuel,and deliveredyou from the handsof your enemiesallaround,so that you livedin security.
He actedvaliantlyand defeatedthe Amalekites,and deliveredIsraelfrom the handsof those who plunderedthem.
