translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JDG

label: NET study note

text: Then you will become the leader . The leaders of Gilead now use the word רֹאשׁ ( ro ’ sh , “head, leader”), the same term that appeared in their original, general offer (see 10:18 ). In their initial offer to Jephthah they had simply invited him to be their קָצִין ( qatsin , “commander”; v. 6 ). When he resists they must offer him a more attractive reward – rulership over the region. See R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 198.


text: The Lord will judge…if we do not do as you say . The statement by the leaders of Gilead takes the form of a legally binding oath, which obligates them to the terms of the agreement.