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Verse Judges 6:12. _THE LORD_ IS _WITH __thee_] "The WORD of the Lord
is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." - _Targum_. It appears that
Gideon had proved himself, on former occasions, to be a man...
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THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR - Known to God to be such, though as yet not
known to be such either by himself or his countrymen (compare Luke
1:28, Luke 1:30)....
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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *.
For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the
Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...
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ANGEL OF THE LORD. angel of Jehovah: i.e. the Covenant God "with" His
servant (Gideon). Compare Judges 6:20. angel of Elohim, the Creator
working. miracle for His creature.
MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _gibbo...
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_The Lord is with thee_ Cf. Judges 6:16: an assurance given to chosen
instruments of God's purpose, such as Jacob, Genesis 28:15, Moses,
Exodus 3:12, Joshua, Joshua 1
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_The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a
11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see
on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23
and Genesis 18 J; the...
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AND SAID UNTO HIM, THE LORD IS WITH THEE— The Targum translates it,
_the word of the Lord is thy help;_ which shews, that the ancient Jews
looked upon this Angel as the LORD himself, and this is confi...
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_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_
11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the...
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_AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THE
LORD IS WITH THEE, THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES
The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is
more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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THE LORD IS WITH THEE, THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR. — Three words in
the Hebrew: _Jehovah immekâ, Gibbor._ It was once a salutation and a
blessing. (Comp. Joshua 1:5; Luke 1:28). The address seems to sh...
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וַ יֵּרָ֥א אֵלָ֖יו מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה
וַ יֹּ֣א
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THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH
Judges 6:1
JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned
into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in
its true ca...
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A FARMER CALLED TO BE DELIVERER
Judges 6:7
God is not content with sending a prophet to condemn our sins; He
commissions an angel to bring help. Surely there is truth in the old
belief that the Angel...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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_Is. We should naturally translate, be with thee, if the answer of
Gedeon did not shew (Calmet) that it is to be taken as an assertion,
that the Lord was already reconciled to Israel, and had made cho...
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There is somewhat very striking in this short conversation; short as
it is, it conveys much more than the mere words express. If this angel
was, as the whole sense of the passage seems to intimate, th...
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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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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM,.... He stayed some time
under the oak, and Gideon being busy in threshing, took no notice of
him wherefore he came and stood before him, in his sight:
AND...
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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The
LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Ver. 12. _And the angel appeared unto him._] As he was threshing. So
God called Mos...
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_The Lord is with thee_ That is, to guide and strengthen thee, to
animate and support thee. He is with thee, giving thee a commission to
go out against the enemies of Israel, communicating to thee all...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN
(vv.1-10)
However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord.
This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity
through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great.
It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...
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i.e. Will assist thee against thine and mine enemies. THOU MIGHTY MAN
OF VALOUR; to whom I have given strength and courage for this end....
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Judges 6:12 Angel H4397 LORD H3068 appeared H7200 (H8735) said H559
(H8799) LORD H3068 mighty H1368 valor...
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‘ And the Angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him,
“Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valour.” '
Gideon may well have been thinking of His people's troubles, and
scheming as to what he co...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the
descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for
seven years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._
GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR
I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is
best fitted for the reception of heaven...
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GIDEON THE BRAVE
The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. Judges 6:12.
I wonder how many of you keep a picture gallery of heroes? I don't
mean a real gallery of pictures, but one that exists...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_
THE UNSEEN FRIEND
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.]
Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one
particular person known a...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:11
AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called
"the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9; Exodus 3:12; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 1:9;...
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GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST
Judges 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men
calling them to special service.
Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
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Is with thee — That is, will assist thee against thine enemies. Man
of valour — To whom I have given strength and courage for this end....