Hakim-hakim 2:16

2:16 The Lord raised up leaders ¹  who delivered them from these robbers. ² 

Hakim-hakim 9:52

9:52 Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

Hakim-hakim 14:11

14:11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. ³ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Or more traditionally, “judges” (also in vv. 17, 18 [3x], 19). Since these figures carried out more than a judicial function, also serving as rulers and (in several instances) as military commanders, the translation uses the term “leaders.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “and they delivered them from the hand of the ones robbing them.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “When they saw him, they gave him thirty companions and they were with him.” Instead of כִּרְאוֹתָם (kir’otam, “when they saw”) some ancient witnesses (e.g., some mss of the LXX) assume the reading בְּיִרְאָתָם (bÿyir’atam, “because they feared”).