Judges 2:16

Expanded Bible

God Chooses Judges

¹⁶ Then the Lord ·chose leaders called [^Lraised up] ·judges [leaders; ^Cnot courtroom judges, but leaders who guided the nation through difficult times, sometimes as military commanders], ·who saved the Israelites from [^Lto deliver them from the hand of] the ·robbers [raiders; plunderers].