1. Juges 10:11–12 (NEG79)
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What is the logic behind the order of the list of enemies from whom the Lord delivered Israel?

Juges 10:11–12 (NEG79)

11 L'Eternel dit aux enfants d'Israël: Ne vous ai-je pas délivrés des Egyptiens, des Amoréens, des fils d'Ammon, des Philistins?

The list begins with Egypt, which is a reference to the exodus, and then moves to the Amorites (a reference to the defeat of Sihon and Og, Numbers 21:1–35), the Ammonites (Ehud), the Philistines (Shamgar), the Sidonians (Barak and Deborah), the Amalekites, and the Maonites (a reference to the Midianites, in the time of Gideon).1