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Verse Judges 1:26. _THE LAND OF THE HITTITES_] Probably some place
beyond the land of Canaan, in Arabia, whither this people emigrated
when expelled by Joshua. The man himself appears to have been a
H...
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The site of this new Luz is not known, but “the land of the
Hittites” was apparently in the north of Palestine, on the borders
of Syria (Genesis 10:15 note)....
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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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THE JOSEPHITES CAPTURE BETHEL. This is the only exploit of Ephraim and
Manasseh recorded here, the purpose of the writer being rather to
emphasize the incompleteness of the conquest than to enumerate...
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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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HITTITES.. nation north of Syria, mentioned on Egyptian inscriptions
from 1500 B.C....
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_The fortunes of the house of Joseph_
The account of the capture of Beth-el (Judges 1:22) has all the marks
of antiquity, like the early fragments preserved in Judges 1:1. After
the invasion of the S...
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_the land of the Hittites_ Cappadocia seems to have been the original
home of the powerful, non-Semitic race of the Hittites, known to the
Egyptians as _Ḫeta_. They are first mentioned in the inscript...
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THE MAN WENT INTO THE LAND OF THE HITTITES, AND BUILT A CITY, AND
CALLED THE NAME THEREOF LUZ— The land of the Hittites, probably,
means some colony of that people settled in Syria or Arabia. The man,...
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_Conquest of Other Tribes Judges 1:22-36_
22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the
Lord was with them.
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el (Now the name of...
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_AND THE SPIES SAW A MAN COME FORTH OUT OF THE CITY, AND THEY SAID
UNTO HIM, SHEW US, WE PRAY THEE, THE ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY, AND WE
WILL SHEW THEE MERCY._
The spies ... said ... Show us ... the en...
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HITTITES] see on Genesis 10:15. LUZ] Evidently a different city from
that mentioned in Judges 1:23.
27-36. Limits to the conquests of Manasseh, etc....
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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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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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INTO THE LAND OF THE HITTITES. — Probably the inhabitants of Bethel
belonged to this tribe of Canaanites. In Joshua 1:4 their name is used
for all the inhabitants of Canaan, but probably it means the...
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וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ הָ אִ֔ישׁ אֶ֖רֶץ הַ
חִתִּ֑ים
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THE WAY OF THE SWORD
Judges 1:12
THE name Kiriath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point
to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean
inhabitants of Canaan. We c...
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FLAGGING IN THEIR GREAT TASK
Judges 1:16; Judges 2:1
The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the
ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the
Anglo-Saxons,...
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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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_Hetthim. The Hethite lived towards the south of Chanaan. The man
probably retired into the stony Arabia, where we find the city of Lusa
or Elysa. (Ptolemy v. 16.) --- He gave it this name in memory o...
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Is there not a spiritual illustration of this scripture? May we not,
without overstraining the passage, observe that the man, showing the
house of Joseph the way into the city, but afterwards departin...
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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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AND THE MAN WENT INTO THE LAND OF THE HITTITES,.... With his family;
Kimchi says this was not one of the seven nations of Canaan; and it is
very clear from this narrative, that the land this man went...
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And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this
day.
Ver. 26. _And built a city._] Therefore it seemeth he was...
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_The man went and built a city_ Which is an argument that the children
of Ephraim dismissed him and his family, with all their goods and
estate. _The land of the Hittites_ Where the Hittites fixed the...
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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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And the man went into the land of the Hittites, very likely in the
mountains of the north or in Phenicia, AND BUILT A CITY, AND CALLED
THE NAME THEREOF LUZ; WHICH IS THE NAME THEREOF UNTO THIS DAY....
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VARIOUS HEATHEN LEFT IN CANAAN...
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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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21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and
interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at
the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their
c...
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Judges 1:26 man H376 went H3212 (H8799) land H776 Hittites H2850 built
H1129 (H8799) city H5892 called...
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‘ And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city
and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.'
The man left Canaan with his family and reaching the land of the
Hittites b...
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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 house of Joseph _. .. _ went up against Bethel; and the Lord was
with them._
SUCCESS IN CARRYING OUT GOD’S COMMANDS
This work of the house of Joseph which they went about, namely, to
take this c...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:22 After an initial success at Bethel (vv.
Judges 1:22), six tribes failed to drive out the Canaanites from their
territories (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Judges 1:17. And Judah went with Simeon.]
The history is here resumed, after the digression (Judges 1:8).
ZEPHATH OR HORMAH.] The latter name, meaning “_a devoting_,” was
evidently g...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 1:21
This verse is identical with Joshua 15:63, except that there we read
"the children of Judah" instead of "the children of Benjamin," as in
this verse. The boundary line between...
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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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2 Chronicles 1:17; 2 Kings 7:6...
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The Hittites — Where the Hittites seated themselves after they were
driven out of Canaan, which seems to be northward from Canaan, and
near upon it....