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Lexicon :: Strong's H8199 - šāp̄aṭ

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שָׁפַט
Transliteration
šāp̄aṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-fat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2443

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפַט shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'; a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively):— avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 203x

The KJV translates Strong's H8199 in the following manner: judge (v) (119x), judge (n) (60x), plead (11x), avenged (2x), condemn (2x), execute (2x), judgment (2x), defend (1x), deliver (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 203x
The KJV translates Strong's H8199 in the following manner: judge (v) (119x), judge (n) (60x), plead (11x), avenged (2x), condemn (2x), execute (2x), judgment (2x), defend (1x), deliver (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to judge, govern, vindicate, punish

    1. (Qal)

      1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)

        1. to rule, govern, judge

      2. to decide controversy (of God, man)

      3. to execute judgment

        1. discriminating (of man)

        2. vindicating

        3. condemning and punishing

        4. at theophanic advent for final judgment

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together

      2. to be judged

    3. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפַט shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'; a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively):— avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.
STRONGS H8199: Abbreviations
שָׁפַט 185 verb judge, govern (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician שפט = שֹׁפֵט, also in proper name; Punic sufet Lzb381; Biblical Aramaic שָֽׁפְטִין; Assyrian šapâtu (t = ת), synonym dânu (דִּין), judge DlWB 684, šipṭu (ט), probably judgment [and šapiṭu, captain?] JenZA iv (1889), 278 f.; on possible connection with Arabic bdb104701 see NöZMG xi (1886), 724; on usage of verb See FergusonJBL viii (1888), 130 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Judges 16:31 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁפֹּט Genesis 16:5, יִשְׁפּוֹט Isaiah 11:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁפְּטוּ Genesis 31:53 +, יִשְׁפּ֫וּטוּ Exodus 18:26 (Ki יִשְׁפּוּט֫וּ; compare Ges§ 47g), etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁפוֺט Genesis 19:9; construct שְׁפֹט Ruth 1:1, לִשְׁפֹּט Exodus 8:13 +, etc.; Imperative שְׁפָטֿ Proverbs 31:9, שָׁפְטָה Psalm 82:8; Lamentations 3:59, שִׁפְטוּ Isaiah 1:17 +, שְׁפֹ֑טוּ Zechariah 7:9, etc.; Participle שֹׁפֵט 1 Samuel 3:13 +, etc.; —
1. act as law-giver, judge, governor (giving law, deciding controversies and executing law, civil, religious, political, social; both early and late):
a. of God only, שֹׁפֵט כל הארץ Genesis 18:25 (J), || מֶלֶךְ,מְחֹקֵק Isaiah 33:22.
b. of man, Genesis 19:9 (twice in verse) (J), Moses deciding cases Exodus 18:13 (E), making known statutes Exodus 18:16 (E); so his assistants Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:26; Exodus 18:26 (E), || Deuteronomy 1:16; of שׁפטי ישׂראל Numbers 25:5 (executioners); י׳ set שֹׁפְטִים over Israel Judges 2:16, 18; 2 Samuel 7:11 = 1 Chronicles 17:10, to deliver Israel, שׁפט ישׂדאל Judges 3:10; Judges 4:4; Judges 10:2,39 times Judges; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 7:15, 16, 17; 2 Kings 23:22, compare 1 Samuel 7:6; Participle שֹׁפֵט as substantive also Judges 2:17, 18, 19; 1 Samuel 8:1, 2; 2 Kings 23:22; שֹׁפְטֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 17:6 (|| 2 Samuel 7:7 שִׂבְטֵי), בִּימֵי שְׁפֹט הַשֹּׁפְטִים Ruth 1:1 (twice in verse) (compare מוֺשִׁיעִים Obadiah 21); שׁפט, || מֶלֶךְ 1 Samuel 8:5, 6, 20; Hosea 7:7; Hosea 13:10; שֹׁפֵט ישׂראל Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1] (= king); king judges people 1 Kings 3:9 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21; 1:11; absolute 1 Kings 7:7; Isaiah 16:5; || שׂרים Exodus 2:14 (E) Amos 2:3; Zephaniah 3:3; || יוֺעַץ Isaiah 1:26; Job 12:17, compare Isaiah 3:2; שֹׁפְטֵי אָרֶץ Isaiah 40:23 (|| רוֺזְנִים), Proverbs 8:16 (|| שׂרים), Psalm 2:10; Psalm 148:11 (|| מלכים); שׁפטינו אשׁר שׁפטונו Daniel 9:12 (twice in verse).
2. specifically decide controversy, discriminate between persons, in civil, political, domestic and religious questions:
a. of God Psalm 82:1: וּבֵין ֗֗֗ שׁ׳ Genesis 16:5 (J; domestic), Judges 11:27 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 24:16 (all of war), Ezekiel 34:20 (relig.); with לְ ֗֗֗ בֵּין Ezekiel 34:17, 22 (religious); with בֵּנֵינוּ Genesis 31:53 (E; domestic), Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3 (of war); with בְּ 2 Chronicles 20:12 (war); with accusative 1 Kings 8:32 2 Chronicles 6:23; Ecclesiastes 3:17, condemning wicked and justifying righteous Job 21:22 (|| ידע), Job 23:7; absolute Exodus 5:21 (J) Job 22:13; צֶדֶק שׁ׳ Jeremiah 11:20; Psalm 9:5; י׳ is שׁוֺפֵט צַדִּיק Psalm 7:12.
b. of man, וּבֵין ֗֗֗ בֵּין שׁ׳ Exodus 18:16 (E) Numbers 35:24 (P) Deuteronomy 1:16 (all civil), Isaiah 5:3 (relig.); with accusative Leviticus 19:15 (H) Deuteronomy 25:1 (all civil), Ezekiel 20:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 22:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:36; מִשְׁפָּט שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Kings 3:28 (Solomon); במשׁפטים Ezekiel 44:24, with ל 2 Chronicles 19:6; absolute Ezekiel 44:24; Isaiah 11:3 (king); influenced by bribes Micah 3:11; Micah 7:3; Job 9:24; Absalom desires to decide cases as שֹׁפֵט 2 Samuel 15:4 (implying lack of such in his time); according to 2 Chronicles 19:5. 6 Jehoshaphat set up שׁפטים, apparently for the first as judges in this specific sense; code of Deuteronomy recognizes them: הַשֹּׁפֵט declares הַמִּשְׁפָּט דְּבַר Deuteronomy 17:9, 12; Deuteronomy 25:2; שׁפטים + שֹׁטְרִים Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29; Joshua 8:33 (+ זְקֵנִים), Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1 (D; both + זקנים, רָאשִׁים), + זקנים only Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezra 10:14, + כֹּהֲנִים Deuteronomy 19:17, 18, שׂרים 2 Chronicles 1:2.
3. execute judgment:
a. discriminating, of man only, משׁפט אמת Zechariah 7:9, מֵישָׁרִים שׁ׳ Psalm 58:2 judge uprightly; משׁפט שׁלום Zechariah 8:16, צֶדֶק Proverbs 31:9, עָוֶל Psalm 82:2.
b. vindicating, with accusative:
(1) subject God, יתום Psalm 10:18, accusative of person Psalm 26:1; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 58:12 (read שֹׁפְטָם for שׁפטים), משׁפט שׁ׳ Lamentations 3:59; מִיַּד vindicate by delivering from hand of 1 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 18:19, 31; שָׁפְטֵנִי כְּ צִדְקִי י׳ Psalm 7:9; שָׁפְטֵנִי כְּ צִדְקְךָ Psalm 35:24.
(2) subject man, with accusative יתום Isaiah 1:17, 23; דל(יםׅ Isaiah 11:4; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 82:3; עניי עם Psalm 72:4; משׁפט אביונים Jeremiah 5:28.
c. condemning and punishing,
(1) God כְּדַרְכֵי פ׳ according to ways of Ezekiel 7:3, 8; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 33:20; Ezekiel 36:19; במשׁפטים Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 23:24; משׁפטי נאפות Ezekiel 16:38 (= Ezekiel 23:45 of human judges); with accusative 1 Samuel 3:13; Psalm 51:5; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Ezekiel 21:35; Ezekiel 35:11.
(2) of man, only שֹׁפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֺ Psalm 109:31 and Ezekiel 23:45 above, probably also Psalm 141:6 (corrupt).
d. at theophanic advent for final judgment: God is שֹׁפֵט Psalm 50:6; Psalm 75:8; שׁפט הארץ Psalm 94:2, with accusative בא לשׁפט הארץ Psalm 96:13 = 1 Chronicles 16:33; Psalm 98:9; הארץ שׁ׳ Psalm 82:8; כל הנוים Joel 4:12; עמים Psalm 67:5; תבל Psalm 9:9; Psalm 96:13 = Psalm 98:9; מישׁרים שׁ׳ Psalm 75:3.
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נִשְׁפַּטְתִּי Ezekiel 20:36 + 4 times; Imperfect 1st person singular אִשָּׁפֵט Ezekiel 20:36; אִשָּֽׁפְטָה 1 Samuel 12:7, etc.; Infinitive construct חִשָּׁפֵט 2 Chronicles 22:8; suffix הִשָּֽׁפְטוֺ Psalm 37:33; Psalm 109:7; Participle נִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 59:4 + 4 times; —
1. reciprocal, (Ges§ 51 d), enter into controversy, plead: with אֵת with, of God Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 20:35, 36 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 38:22; of man 1 Samuel 12:7 (+ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr BuHpt Now), Proverbs 29:9; with עִם, of God Joel 4:2, of man 2 Chronicles 22:8; with ל, of God Jeremiah 25:31; יחד נשׁ׳ Isaiah 43:26 have controversy together; באשׁ by fire (of God) Isaiah 66:16; באמונה Isaiah 59:4.
2. passive be judged, Psalm 9:20; Psalm 37:33; Psalm 109:7.
Pô`el Participle suffix מְשֹׁפְטִי (dubious; Hi Bu מִשְׁפָּטִי), = my apponent-at-law (Ges§ 55 b) Job 9:15; + Zf Job 3:15; Psalm 109:31 We and others.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8200.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:5; 16:5; 18:25; 19:9; 19:9; 31:53; 31:53

Exodus

2:14; 5:21; 8:13; 18:13; 18:16; 18:16; 18:22; 18:22; 18:26; 18:26; 18:26

Leviticus

19:15

Numbers

25:5; 35:24

Deuteronomy

1:16; 1:16; 16:18; 16:18; 17:9; 17:12; 19:17; 19:18; 21:2; 25:1; 25:2

Joshua

8:33; 23:2; 24:1

Judges

2:16; 2:17; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 3:10; 4:4; 10:2; 11:27; 16:31

Ruth

1:1; 1:1

1 Samuel

3:13; 3:13; 4:18; 7:6; 7:15; 7:16; 7:17; 8:1; 8:2; 8:5; 8:6; 8:20; 12:7; 12:7; 24:13; 24:16; 24:16

2 Samuel

7:7; 7:11; 15:4; 18:19; 18:31

1 Kings

3:9; 3:28; 7:7; 8:32; 15:5

2 Kings

23:22; 23:22

1 Chronicles

16:33; 17:6; 17:10; 23:4; 26:29

2 Chronicles

1:2; 1:10; 1:11; 6:23; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 20:12; 22:8; 22:8; 26:21

Ezra

10:14

Job

3:15; 9:15; 9:24; 12:17; 21:22; 22:13; 23:7

Psalms

2:10; 7:9; 7:12; 9:5; 9:9; 9:20; 10:18; 26:1; 35:24; 37:33; 37:33; 43:1; 50:6; 51:5; 58:2; 67:5; 72:4; 75:3; 75:8; 82:1; 82:2; 82:3; 82:8; 82:8; 94:2; 96:13; 96:13; 98:9; 98:9; 109:7; 109:7; 109:31; 109:31; 141:6; 148:11

Proverbs

8:16; 29:9; 29:14; 31:9; 31:9

Ecclesiastes

3:17

Isaiah

1:17; 1:17; 1:23; 1:26; 2:4; 3:2; 5:3; 11:3; 11:3; 11:4; 16:5; 33:22; 40:23; 43:26; 59:4; 59:4; 66:16

Jeremiah

2:35; 5:28; 11:20; 25:31

Lamentations

3:59; 3:59

Ezekiel

7:3; 7:8; 7:27; 11:10; 11:11; 16:38; 17:20; 18:30; 20:4; 20:35; 20:36; 20:36; 20:36; 22:2; 23:24; 23:36; 23:45; 23:45; 24:14; 33:20; 34:17; 34:20; 34:22; 35:11; 36:19; 38:22; 44:24; 44:24

Daniel

9:12

Hosea

7:7; 13:10

Amos

2:3

Obadiah

1:21

Micah

3:11; 4:3; 5:1; 7:3

Zephaniah

3:3

Zechariah

7:9; 7:9; 8:16

H8199

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Strong's Number H8199 matches the Hebrew שָׁפַט (šāp̄aṭ),
which occurs 204 times in 182 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 16:5–1Sa 8:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said, “May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:13 - The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - Anyone who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the LORD your God is to be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:2 - If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:16 - Then the LORD raised up judges,[fn] who saved them out of the hands of these raiders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD’s commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge[fn] and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:4 - Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[fn] Israel at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:2 - He led[fn] Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the LORD, the Judge, decide the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 - Jephthah led[fn] Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:8 - After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:9 - He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:11 - After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:13 - After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:20 - Samson led[fn] Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led[fn] Israel twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - In the days when the judges ruled,[fn] there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[fn] and he failed to restrain them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[fn] Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:6 - When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[fn] of Israel at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:15 - Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:16 - From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:17 - But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.[fn]

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