_NOW THESE ARE THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD LEFT, TO PROVE ISRAEL BY
THEM, EVEN AS MANY OF ISRAEL AS HAD NOT KNOWN ALL THE WARS OF CANAAN;_
These are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel. This was
the special design of these nations being left, and it evinces the
direct influence of the T... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONLY THAT THE GENERATIONS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MIGHT KNOW, TO
TEACH THEM WAR, AT THE LEAST SUCH AS BEFORE KNEW NOTHING THEREOF;_ NO
JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DWELT AMONG THE CANAANITES, HITTITES, AND
AMORITES, AND PERIZZITES, AND HIVITES, AND JEBUSITES:_
The children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites. The two classes by
degrees came to be in habits of contact: reciprocal alliances were
formed by marriage, until the Israeli... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK THEIR DAUGHTERS TO BE THEIR WIVES, AND GAVE THEIR
DAUGHTERS TO THEIR SONS, AND SERVED THEIR GODS._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND
FORGAT THE LORD THEIR GOD, AND SERVED BAALIM AND THE GROVES._
The groves, х_ HAA-'ASHEEROWT_ (H842)] - pillars, images of
Ashtoreth; not as our translators render it, after the Septuagint:
alsee, groves.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS HOT AGAINST ISRAEL, AND HE SOLD
THEM INTO THE HAND OF CHUSHAN-RISHATHA'IM KING OF MESOPOTAMIA: AND THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SERVED CHUSHAN-RISHATHA'IM EIGHT YEARS._
Sold them - i:e., delivered them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim;
i:e., of 'doubled wickedness'... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CRIED UNTO THE LORD, THE LORD RAISED
UP A DELIVERER TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHO DELIVERED THEM, EVEN
OTHNIEL THE SON OF KENAZ, CALEB'S YOUNGER BROTHER._
When the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. In their distress
they had recourse to earnest prayer, accomp... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM, AND HE JUDGED ISRAEL, AND
WENT OUT TO WAR: AND THE LORD_ _ DELIVERED CHUSHAN-RISHATHA'IM KING OF
MESOPOTAMIA INTO HIS HAND; AND HIS HAND PREVAILED AGAINST
CHUSHAN-RISHATHA'IM._
The Spirit of the Lord name upon him. The consciousness of a divine
impulse was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LAND HAD REST FORTY YEARS. AND OTHNIEL THE SON OF KENAZ
DIED._
Othniel ... died. 'How powerful the influence of one good man is, in
church or state, is best found in his loss' (Dr. Hall).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL AGAIN IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD:
AND THE LORD STRENGTHENED EGLON THE KING OF MOAB AGAINST ISRAEL,
BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._
The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord. The
Israelites, deprived of the moral and polit... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE GATHERED UNTO HIM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND AMALEK, AND WENT
AND SMOTE ISRAEL, AND POSSESSED THE CITY OF PALM TREES._
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_BUT WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CRIED UNTO THE LORD, THE LORD RAISED
THEM UP A DELIVERER, EHUD THE SON OF GERA, A BENJAMITE, A MAN
LEFTHANDED: AND BY HIM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SENT A PRESENT UNTO
EGLON THE KING OF MOAB._
Ehud the son of Gera - i:e., descended from Gera, one of Benjamin's
sons (Ge... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT EHUD MADE HIM A DAGGER WHICH HAD TWO EDGES, OF A CUBIT LENGTH;
AND HE DID GIRD IT UNDER HIS RAIMENT UPON HIS RIGHT THIGH._
Did grid it under ... his right thigh. The sword was usually worn on
the left side; so that Ehud's was the more likely to escape detection
under his wide-flowing cloak.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT THE PRESENT UNTO EGLON KING OF MOAB: AND EGLON WAS A
VERY FAT MAN._
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_BUT HE HIMSELF TURNED AGAIN FROM THE QUARRIES THAT WERE BY GILGAL,
AND SAID, I HAVE A SECRET ERRAND UNTO THEE, O KING: WHO SAID, KEEP
SILENCE. AND ALL THAT STOOD BY HIM WENT OUT FROM HIM._
Quarries. There are no remains of quarries in that neighborhood. The
Hebrew word is х_ HAPªCIYLIYM _ (H6456)]... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EHUD CAME UNTO HIM; AND HE WAS SITTING IN A SUMMER PARLOUR, WHICH
HE HAD FOR HIMSELF ALONE. AND EHUD SAID, I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM GOD
UNTO THEE. AND HE AROSE OUT OF HIS SEAT._
A summer parlour - Hebrew, 'chamber of cooling:' one of those retired
edifices which Oriental grandees usually have in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EHUD PUT FORTH HIS LEFT HAND, AND TOOK THE DAGGER FROM HIS RIGHT
THIGH, AND THRUST IT INTO HIS BELLY:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN EHUD WENT FORTH THROUGH THE PORCH, AND SHUT THE DOORS OF THE
PARLOUR UPON HIM, AND LOCKED THEM._
Ehud went forth. The whole circumstances of this daring act,-the death
of Eglon without a shriek or noise, the locking of the doors, the
carrying off the key, the calm, unhurried deportment of Ehu... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN HE WAS GONE OUT, HIS SERVANTS CAME; AND WHEN THEY SAW THAT,
BEHOLD, THE DOORS OF THE PARLOUR WERE LOCKED, THEY SAID, SURELY HE
COVERETH HIS FEET IN HIS SUMMER CHAMBER._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EHUD ESCAPED WHILE THEY TARRIED, AND PASSED BEYOND THE QUARRIES,
AND ESCAPED UNTO SEIRATH._
And escaped unto Seirath, х_ HA-Sª`IYRAATAAH_ (H8167), with the
prefix of the definite article, and the particle of motion, to, at the
end]. The place was in the Ephraim mountain; and from its name Seir... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS COME, THAT HE BLEW A TRUMPET IN THE
MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT DOWN WITH HIM
FROM THE MOUNT, AND HE BEFORE THEM._
He blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, х_ SHOWPAAR_ (H7782), a
horn, either animal or metallic, commonly the former; S... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, FOLLOW AFTER ME: FOR THE LORD HATH DELIVERED
YOUR ENEMIES THE MOABITES INTO YOUR HAND. AND THEY WENT DOWN AFTER
HIM, AND TOOK THE FORDS OF JORDAN TOWARD MOAB, AND SUFFERED NOT A MAN
TO PASS OVER._
The Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. They
were en... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SLEW OF MOAB AT THAT TIME ABOUT TEN THOUSAND MEN, ALL LUSTY,
AND ALL MEN OF VALOUR; AND THERE ESCAPED NOT A MAN._
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_AND AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR THE SON OF ANATH, WHICH SLEW OF THE
PHILISTINES SIX HUNDRED MEN WITH AN OX GOAD: AND HE ALSO DELIVERED
ISRAEL._ AFTER HIM WAS SHAMGAR. No notice is given of the tribe or
family of this judge; and from the Philistines being the enemy that
roused him into public service, the... [ Continue Reading ]