Footnotes

1.

See Judges 3:10 for Othniel, 4:4 for Deborah, 10:2 for Tola, 10:3 for Jair, 12:7 for Jephthah, 12:8 for Ibzan, 12:11 for Elon, 12:13 for Abdon and 15:20 for Samson; only Ehud, Gideon and Shamgar are not described this way.

Endnotes

1.

James L. Crenshaw, Old Testament Story and Faith (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1992), p. 119.

2.

Temba L.J. Mafico, “Judge, Judging,” in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992), vol. 3, p. 1104.