Judges 4:4

4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, ¹  wife of Lappidoth, was ²  leading ³  Israel at that time.

Judges 10:2-3

10:2 He led ⁴  Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

10:3 Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.

Judges 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led ⁵  Israel for six years; then he ⁶  died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ⁷ 

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.

[4:4]  ² tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb.

[4:4]  ³ tn Or “judging.”

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[12:7]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[12:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:7]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.