12:11 So the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,17 Barak,18 Jephthah, and Samuel,19 and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
snJerub-Baal (יְרֻבַּעַל) is also known as Gideon (see Judg 6:32). The Book of Judges uses both names for him.
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tc The MT has “Bedan” (בְּדָן) here (cf. KJV, NASB, CEV). But a deliverer by this name is not elsewhere mentioned in the OT. The translation follows the LXX and the SyriacPeshitta in reading “Barak.”
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tc In the ancient versions there is some confusion with regard to these names, both with regard to the particular names selected for mention and with regard to the order in which they are listed. For example, the LXX has “Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel.” But the Targum has “Gideon, Samson, Jephthah, and Samuel,” while the SyriacPeshitta has “Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson.”