The LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Jerobaal and Badan. That is, Gedeon and Samson, called here Badan or Bedan, because he was of Dan. Challoner. Chald. and so forth Worthington.—Others think that Jair, (Judges 10:3. Junius, Usher,) or, according to the Septuagint “Barac,” are designated. Jair was a descendant of one Bedan, 1 Chronicles 2:21. Calmet.—But we do not read that Jair performed any great exploit. Bible.—Samuel. He speaks of himself as of any other man: as the interests of God were not to be betrayed by an unseasonable modesty. Calmet.—Josephus only specifies Jephte and Gedeon. Bible.—The Israelites thought that they could dispose things better than God had done under the judges; and hence their sin is so often repeated. Saint Gregory Worthington.