THere arose] i. e. Being called by God extraordinarily, as the rest of the Judges. So v. 3. to defend] i. e. To preserve them in their peace, liberties, and the purity of Gods worship, against all that did oppose them. in Shamir] i. e. A town of Issachar bordering on Ephraim. There was another of that name in Judah. Joshua 15:48.