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Verse Judges 8:33. _A WHORING AFTER BAALIM_] This term has probably a
different meaning here from what it has Judges 8:7; for it is very
likely that in most parts of the pagan worship there were many...
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TURNED AGAIN - Doubtless Gideon himself had no doubt prepared the way
for this apostacy by his unauthorized ephod. The Law of Moses, with
its strict unity of priesthood and altar, was the divinely-app...
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CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END
_ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_
2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10)
3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22)
4. Israel's failure after Gide...
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GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the
Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine
King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...
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_made Baal-berith their god_ Baal-bĕrîth (Judges 9:4; Judges 9:46)
was the Covenant-Baal, the god of the league between himself and his
worshippers, or the god who presided over the league between the...
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WENT A WHORING AFTER BAALIM— As the same expression is made use of
in Joshua 8:27 with regard to Gideon's _ephod,_ we may reasonably
conclude, that, in the former case, they were guilty of idolatry, b...
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_Israel Turns from God Judges 8:33-35_
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children
of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made
Baal-berith their god.
34...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS GIDEON WAS DEAD, THAT THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL TURNED AGAIN, AND WENT A_ _ AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS
GIDEON WAS DEAD, THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TURNED AGAIN, AND...
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HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31)
On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of
Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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BAALIM] RV 'the Baalim': see on Judges 2:11. BAAL-BERITH] i.e. Baal of
the Covenant. The alliance between the Canaanites and the Hebrews
would naturally be cemented by a common worship, which would in...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you
done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the
people from Midi...
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Turned again. — _Ad vomitum recdierunt_ (Serarius) (Psalms 106:13;
Psalms 106:21).
WENT A WHORING AFTER BAALIM. — It was shown again afterwards, in the
reign of Ahab, how rapidly unauthorised symbols...
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וַ יְהִ֗י כַּֽ אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ֣ת
גִּדְעֹ֔ון וַ
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ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal
influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion
follows on his death. Gide...
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“THROUGH SLAUGHTER TO A THRONE”
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and
instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show
kindness to the...
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Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to
deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he
had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made (q)
Baalberith their god.
(q) That is, Baal, to whom they had boun...
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After. This is the most solid proof of Gedeon's piety, since he kept
the people in awe, and faithful to the Lord during his life. --- God.
Hebrew, "and appointed Baal Berith their god," or goddess; fo...
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What an awful representation do the Scriptures of God afford, of the
total depravity and corruption of the heart. In all ages it breaks
out. Lord, what is man? Baal-berith, in the original, signifies,...
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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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Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the
Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which
disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS GIDEON WAS DEAD, THAT THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL TURNED AGAIN,.... from God, and the pure worship of him, to
idolatry:
AND WENT A WHORING AFTER BAALIM; the gods of the Pho...
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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made
Baalberith their god.
Ver. 33. _As soon as Gideon was dead._] So g...
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_As soon as_, &c. Whereby we see the temper of this people, who did no
longer cleave to God, than they were in a manner constrained to it, by
the presence and authority of the judges. _Baalim_ This wa...
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1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites.
4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.
13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.
17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
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GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER
(vv. 1-3)
But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so
late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They
did not stop to...
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29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship
of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then
they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family...
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TURNED AGAIN; whereby we see the wicked temper
of this people, who did no longer cleave to God than they were in a
manner constrained to it by the presence and authority of thei...
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Judges 8:33 Gideon H1439 dead H4191 (H8804) children H1121 Israel
H3478 again H7725 (H8799) harlot H2181 ...
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‘And so it was that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the children of
Israel turned again, and went a-whoring after the Baalim, and made
Baalberith their god.'
This is illustrated further in Judges 9. It w...
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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: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon.
Apostasy.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal,
Jether.
CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
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Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he
threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was
blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their
cou...
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_And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house._
GIDEON AT HIS WORST
Man is a strange mixture of greatness and of littleness, of goodness,
and of badness. The one lies very close to...
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_Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._
GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE
Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails
entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:33 The steady downward cycle of Israel’s
unfaithfulness continued. Though he had accomplished some good things,
Gideon contributed significantly to this downward slide. WHORED....
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CHAPTER 8
_FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have
taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23
RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer,
added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a
desire, already perhaps beginn...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?
The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them
giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
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2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 24:18; 2 Kings 12:2; Exodus 34:15;...
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As soon as, &c. — Whereby we see the temper of this people, who did
no longer cleave to God, than they were in a manner constrained to it,
by the presence and authority of their judges. Baalim — This...