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Verse Judges 1:8. _HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM_] We read this verse
in a parenthesis, because we suppose that it refers to the taking of
this city by Joshua; for as he had conquered its armies and s...
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Render “and the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took
it, and smote it,” etc. With regard to the capture of Jerusalem
there is some obscurity. It is here said to have been taken, smitte...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE INTRODUCTION: ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND THE RESULTS
1. Israel's Failure in mingling with the Canaanites
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The question and the answer (Judges 1:1)_
2. Adon...
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JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE
ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one
of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
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JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE
ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one
of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
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JERUSALEM. The first occurrence is in Joshua 10:1, in connection with
Adoni-zedek's fear of its being "utterly destroyed" like Ai. Here, in
Judges 1:8, we have. picture of its future history in miniat...
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_fought against Jerusalem, and took it_ Jerusalem was not taken till
the time of David; this verse contradicts Judges 1:21 and the known
course of history; see Judges 19:11 f.; 2 Samuel 5:6-9. We have...
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_The conquests of Judah_
2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to
Judah's lot....
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NOW THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, &C.— The
strong fortress on mount Sion continued in the hands of the Jebusites
till the time of David. See Joseph. Hist. b. vi. c. 7.
_Note;_ (1...
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_Conquests of Judah Judges 1:8-10_
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had
taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city
on fire.
9 And afterward the...
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INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4)
Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5.
This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early
conquest of Pa
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JERUSALEM] The city was not held, but remained in the possession of
the Jebusites till the time of David (2 Samuel 5:6). Not till then
would Judah really dominate Southern Palestine (cp. Judges 1:21,...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
BELIEFS
The book called Judges was in the *Hebrew *Scriptures. It was in the
section called Former (earlier) *Prophets. In Deuteronomy Chap...
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NOW. — Rather, _And._
HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND HAD TAKEN IT. — Our version here
most unwarrantably interpolates the word “_had,”_ meaning it
perhaps as a sort of explanatory gloss to imply th...
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וַ יִּלָּחֲמ֤וּ בְנֵֽי ־יְהוּדָה֙ בִּ
יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם...
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PROBLEMS OF SETTLEMENT AND WAR
Judges 1:1
IT was a new hour in the history of Israel. To a lengthened period of
serfdom there had succeeded a time of sojourn in tents, when the camp
of the tribes, ha...
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RENEWING THE CONQUEST
Judges 1:1
The land had been given. There could be no doubt about _that._ In the
ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: “Unto
thy seed have I given this la...
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The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of
Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the
monarchy.
It opens with a description of the general condition of affair...
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God selected Judah to lead the rest of the tribes into battle. Judah
asked Simeon to go with him and promised to help him conquer his lot
if he would help conquer that of Judah. They killed 10,000 Can...
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken
it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the (e) city on
fire.
(e) Which was later built again, and possessed by th...
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Jerusalem. This city was divided into two; one part was called Jebus,
the other Salem; the one was in the tribe of Juda, the other in the
tribe of Benjamin. After it was taken and burnt by the men of...
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It should seem that, as this verse is inclosed in a parenthesis, it
only meant to notice what had been said before. Probably Jerusalem was
taken in the wars of Joshua. See Joshua 10:1, etc....
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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Thus, in the beginning of the book, we see evil and failure, and also
simple and blessed deliverances. But alas! the picture darkens more
and more. There are grievous features even in the conduct of t...
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NOW THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND HAD TAKEN
IT,.... Which accounted for their carrying Adonibezek thither. This
they had done in the times of Joshua; for when the king of tha...
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken
it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on
fire.
Ver. 8. _Had taken it._] As also Hebron and Debir, while...
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_Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it_ Yet some of the
inhabitants retired into the castle, and held out there till David's
time. _Judah went against the Canaanites in Hebron_ Under the co...
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DREAMERS; the false teachers referred to.
DESPISE DOMINION; spurn obedience to law, human and divine.
OF DIGNITIES; persons called by God to stations of authority or honor.
1 Peter 2:10....
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[IOSHUAS EXHORTATION, HIS AGE, AND DEATH.]
1 The actes of Iudah and Simeon.
4 Adonibezek iustly requited.
8 Hierusalem taken.
10 Hebron taken.
11 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir....
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OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, literally,
"And there fought the sons of Judah against Jerusalem"; for they
followed up the advantage which they had gained and attacked the cit...
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INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED
(vv. 1-26)
Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but
realizes that there is territory that should be possessed. They
therefore appeal to the...
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1-8 The Israelites were convinced that the war against the Canaanites
was to be continued; but they were in doubt as to the manner in which
it was to be carried on after the death of Joshua. In these...
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To wit, in Joshua's time; which though done before, may be here
repeated, to show why they brought Adoni-bezek to Jerusalem, because
that city was in their hands, having been taken before, as may be
g...
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Judges 1:8 children H1121 Judah H3063 fought H3898 (H8735) Jerusalem
H3389 took H3920 (H8799) struck H5221 ...
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‘ And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it,
and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.'
This may have been the lower city, or a temporary occupation of t...
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Judges 1 AND JUDGES 2
The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and
easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not
only for battle, but for tedious campaig...
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CONTENTS: The incomplete victories of Judah, Benjamin and Manasseh.
CHARACTERS: God, Judah, Simeon, Adoni-bezek, Caleb, Achsah, Othniel.
CONCLUSION: God appoints service according to the strength He...
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Judges 1:1. _After the death of Joshua,_ whose death was to the Jews
the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as
directed, Numbers 27:21, by Phinehas the priest.
Judges 1:3. J...
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_The children of Israel asked the Lord._
SIMPLICITY IN PRAYER
Just that! How we have modernised and complicated and destroyed
prayer! “The children of Israel asked the Lord.” How simple, how
direct,...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:8 JERUSALEM lay between Judah and Benjamin.
Neither tribe drove out its inhabitants completely (Joshua 15:63;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Judges 1:8. Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] _Heb_. =
“_fought_,” the pluperfect form not being given in the original.
Still, the sense is, “_they formerly fought_,” “_they...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 1:8
Read _Fought against Jerusalem_,_ and took it_,_ and smote it. _It is
the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon
in conquering their respective lots....
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Through Moses, the children of Israel were let out of Egypt and God
began to form a national kind of identity and began to forge the
beginnings of a nation. At the death of Moses, Joshua, who was the...
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Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:21...
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JUDE'S CERTAIN MEN
_ The Book of Jude_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more
strikingly true than in the Book of Jude. No photographer ever made a
better...
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And took — Yet some of the inhabitants retired into the castle, and
held out there 'till David's time....