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Verse Judges 1:36. _AKRABBIM_] Of _scorpions_; probably so called from
the number of those animals in that place.
_FROM THE ROCK, AND UPWARD._] The Vulgate understand by סלע _sela,_
_a rock_, the cit...
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THE GOING UP TO AKRABBIM - See the margin and references; properly
“the ascent of scorpions,” with which the whole region abounds.
THE ROCK - Petra, the capital of Idumea, so called from the mass of
p...
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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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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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COAST. border or boundary. Judges 2 gives. summary of events from
Judges 3:1; Judges 3:16; Judges 3:31. The period it covers is
therefore 1434-1100, i.e. 334 years....
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_the border of the Amorites_ The text describes a boundary line; but
there was no boundary between the Israelites and the Amorites, i.e.
the old Canaanite population, for they occupied the same territ...
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AND THE COAST OF THE AMORITES WAS FROM—THE ROCK— By _the rock,_
the Vulgate understands the city of Petra, in the Hebrew סלע
_selang,_ which stood upon the confines of Idumaea, and was the
capital of...
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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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COAST] RV 'border.' The ASCENT OF (RV) AKRABBIM (scorpions) is said in
Joshua 15:3 to be on the border of Judah and Edom. AMORITES is
probably a misreading for 'Edomites.' The spot lies on a line betw...
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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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THE COAST OF THE AMORITES. — This notice is added to account for the
obstinate resistance of the Amorites, by showing the extent of their
domain, which reached far to the south of Petra. Hazezon Tamar...
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וּ גְבוּל֙ הָ אֱמֹרִ֔י מִֽ מַּעֲלֵ֖ה
עַקְרַבִּ֑ים...
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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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And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim,
from the (p) rock, and upward.
(p) Or Selah, which was a city in Arabia....
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_Rock, Petra, the capital of Arabia, which Josephus ([Antiquities?]
iii. 2,) assigns to Amalec. The Amorrhites dwelt in many parts of the
land of promise, (Calmet) particularly in the higher places ab...
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REFLECTIONS
SEE, my soul, in the history of Israel, what conflicts await the
believer after a work of grace is begun in the heart. Let not him that
putteth on the harness boast like him that putteth i...
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I include all these verses within one view, because one general
observation suits the whole. We see in them the sad picture of
Israel's want of faith, and consequently want of courage. Had those
tribe...
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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 COAST OF THE AMORITES [WAS] FROM THE GOING UP TO AKRABBIM,....
Of which Numbers 34:4 and
Joshua 15:3:
FROM THE ROCK, AND UPWARDS; even from the city Petra in Idumea, and
beyond that; and the...
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_From the going up to Akrabbim_ Which was in the southern part of
Canaan, Joshua 15:2, from whence it went up toward the north. This is
added to show the great power and large extent of this people....
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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 coast of the Amorites, at the time of the conquest of the
land, WAS FROM THE GOING UP TO AKRABBIM, FROM THE ROCK, AND UPWARD,
from the Scorpion-height in the southeast over to the extreme
sout...
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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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THE GOING UP TO AKRABBIM:
Or, MaaleAkrabbim...
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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 1:36 boundary H1366 Amorites H567 Ascent H4608 Akrabbim H4610
Sela H5553 upward H4605
from the going -...
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‘ And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim,
from Sela and upwards.'
Akkrabim was a mountain pass at the southern end of the Dead Sea
(Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3), between the Arab...
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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 Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain._
A NEGLECT OF DUTY INJURIOUS TO OTHERS
So that we see that the negligence of the other tribes in suffering
the forbidden nations to remain...
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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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Joshua 15:2; Numbers 34:4...
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Akrabbim — Which was in the southern part of Canaan, Joshua 15:2,
from whence it went up towards the north. This is added to shew the
great power and large extent of this people....