Judges 10:18

And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another,.... Being thus assembled and encamped:

what man is he that will begin to fight with the children of Ammon? for though the forces were…

And the people and princes ... - The inhabitants of Gilead appear as a separate and independent community, electing their own chief, without any reference to the West-Jordanic tribes.

Here is, I. A humble confession which Israel make to God in their distress, Jdg 10:10. Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the…

the people, the princes of Gilead, said The apposition is unusually harsh; perhaps the princes of Gileadwas inserted on the strength of Jdg 11:5-11, where the elders of G. are the persons concerned…