Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, by Matthew Henry, , at
sacred-texts.com An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of
The Book of Judges This is called the Hebrew Shepher Shophtim,
the Book of Judges, which the Syriac and Arabic versions enlarge
upon, and call it, The Book of the Judges of the Children of
Israel; the judgments of that nation being peculiar, so were
their judges, whose office differed vastly from that of the
judges of other nations. The Septuagint entitles it only Kritai,
Judges. It is the history of the commonwealth of Israel, during
the government of the judges from Othniel to Eli, so much of it
as God saw fit to transmit to us. It contains the history
(according to Dr. Lightfoot's computation) of 299 years,
reckoning to Othniel of Judah forty years, to Ehud of Benjamin
eighty years, to Barak of Naphtali forty years, to Gideon of
Manasseh forty years, to Abimelech his son three years, to Tola
of Issachar twenty-three, to Jair of Manasseh twenty-two, to
Jephtha of Manasseh six, to Ib