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Judges 6:26

and build an altar unto the Lord, thy God, upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, on the grotto or fortification, the wood from the pillar of Ashera being intended to consume the burnt offering of Gideon, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 26. _WITH THE WOOD OF THE GROVE_] It is probable that אשרה _Asherah_ here signifies _Astarte_; and that there was a _wooden_ _image_ of this goddess on the altar of Baal. Baal-peor was the same...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE ORDERED PLACE - See the margin. “Build an altar, etc., with the materials,” “the wood laid in order” (compare Genesis 22:9), that, namely, which he would find ready to hand in the altar of Baal...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALTAR OF BAAL. We have seen that after the Conquest Yahweh was reverently and innocently called the Baal (Lord) of the land, and that loyal Israelites gave their children Baal n...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ROCK. strong place. ORDERED PLACE, or due order. OFFER. See App-43. AS. according as....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _build an altar unto the Lord_ The present narrative tells another story about Gideon independently of what has gone before, Judges 6:24. _this strong hold_ Strictly -place of refuge"; but sometimes,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Gideon overthrows the altar of Baal and receives the name Jerub-baal_. This story has no connexion with the preceding narrative Judges 6:11-24; for after Gideon had built the altar Jehovah-shalom (Ju...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND BUILD AN ALTAR UNTO THE LORD THY GOD UPON THE TOP OF THIS ROCK, IN THE ORDERED PLACE, AND TAKE THE SECOND BULLOCK, AND OFFER A BURNT SACRIFICE WITH THE WOOD OF THE GROVE WHICH THOU SHALT CUT DOWN...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ORDERED PLACE] RV 'orderly manner.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    OF THIS ROCK. — The word is not _selah,_ as in Judges 6:20, or _tsor,_ as in Judges 6:21, but _malioz,_ “stronghold,” probably the citadel of Ophrah. The LXX. render it as a proper name (_maoz_)_,_ or...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָנִ֨יתָ מִזְבֵּ֜חַ לַ יהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ ע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER Judges 6:15 "The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of Ophrah. It is a persona...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    FACE TO FACE WITH THE ANGEL OF JEHOVAH Judges 6:19 Gideon realized the momentous character of that interview. He only wanted to be sure that it was no dream or fancy, and so hence the proposal of the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the (l) grove which thou shalt cut d...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Top. Hebrew, "on the to of this fortress, ( Mawz. Daniel xi. 38.; Septuagint) on the platform, (Calmet) or place appointed." (Haydock) --- Offer. Though Gedeon was not a priest, he was authorized to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Gideon's apprehension doth not seem to have arisen from fear of offence, in that he did it by night; but for fear of interruption, he wished to accomplish the divine command, and therefore did it perh...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND BUILD AN ALTAR TO THE LORD THY GOD UPON THE TOP OF THIS ROCK,.... Where the provisions were laid, and out of which came forth fire that consumed them; and where the altar, called by the name of Je...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Upon the top of this rock_ Hebrew, _of this strong hold._ For in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. _In the ordered place_ That is,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ROCK: _ Heb._ strong place THE ORDERED PLACE: Or, in an orderly manner...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-32 See the power of God's grace, that he could raise up a reformer; and the kindness of his grace, that he would raise up a deliverer, out of the family of a leader in idolatry. Gideon must not th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UPON THE TOP OF THIS ROCK; of which JUDGES 6:20,21. Heb. _of this strong hold_; for in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. IN THE ORD...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 6:26 build H1129 (H8804) altar H4196 LORD H3068 God H430 top H7218 rock H4581 arrangement H4634 take...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ And build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold in the orderly manner. And take the second bullock and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut dow...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Throw down the altar of Baal._ BAAL’S ALTAR DESTROYED 1. Observe God’s command to Gideon. He had been hitherto protesting against the idolatry of his family and country by a life of opposition, inas...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:25 ASHERAH is sometimes the name of a pagan goddess. Here, it refers to the wooden poles at places where she was worshiped. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:24_ THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCE CRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:25 THE SAME NIGHT, etc. The iron was hot; it was time to strike. As regards what follows, there are two ways of understanding the verse. One, that of the A.V; supposes that only o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 14:40; 2 Samuel 24:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of this rock — Heb. of this strong hold: for in that calamitous time the Israelites retreated to such rocks, and hid and fortified themselves in them. Ordered place — That is, in a plain and smooth pa...

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