Judges 10:1-5. _The Minor Judges: Tola and Jair_ The five Minor Judges, Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon (Judges 12:8-15), are so called because, unlike the other Judges, they fill but a small place in the general history; no record of their exploits has been preserved. Sometimes Shamgar is grouped w... [ Continue Reading ]
_to save Israel_ Cf. Judges 2:16; Judges 2:18; Judges 3:9 f. _Tola the son of Puah_ According to Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23 (P), 1 Chronicles 7:1, Tola and Puah were brothers, -sons," i.e. clans of Issachar. Tola means -the crimson worm," -cochineal," and Puah probably -madder," a plant from which... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he judged_ Judges 10:3; see Judges 3:10 _n._ and was buried, in Shamir -We are probably to infer that the tomb of the eponymous ancestor of the clan was in later times shewn at Shamir" (Moore). This applies, with different names, to similar notices of the other Minor Judges.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jair, the Gileadite_ Called -the son of Manasseh" in Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14, cf. Joshua 13:30; in 1 Chronicles 2:21 ff. he is the great-grandson of Machir. Gilead was the name applied generally to the country E. of the Jordan, between the south end of the Sea of Tiberias and the north end... [ Continue Reading ]
_he had thirty sons_ Cf. Judges 12:9; Judges 12:14. The -sons" are expressly connected with the thirty settlements of the clan. Numerous descendants indicated power and wealth. _that rode on thirty ass colts_ A mark of rank; cf. Judges 12:14; 2 Kings 4:22; Zechariah 9:9; see on Judges 5:10. _Havvot... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kamon_ Probably E. of Jordan, and perhaps identical with the Kamûn mentioned by Polybius next after Pella as taken by Antiochus the Great (10:70, 12). Buhl thinks of Ḳumçm, W. of Irbid (_Geogr_., p. 256).... [ Continue Reading ]
_again did that which was evil_etc.] Cf. Judges 2:11; Judges 2:13; Judges 3:7; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 13:1; phrases of the Dtc. editor. _the gods of Syria … Philistines_ i.e. of all the surrounding nations; cf. Judges 2:12 Strictly speaking, the mention of -the gods of the Ammonites" alone i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Introduction to the story of Jephthah_ Apostasy followed by oppression, the cry for help by deliverance: such is the religious interpretation of the succeeding period given by the Dtc. editor in his accustomed manner. His phrases appear in Judges 10:6, cf. Judges 2:11; Judges 2:13; Judges 3:7 etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sold them … Philistines_ As the history stands, this did not happen till after the Ammonite oppression, Judges 13:1. The reference to the Philistines may be due to the editorial process which aimed at making the present introduction cover both oppressions. See above.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they vexed_ The subject is -the children of Ammon" (see on Judges 10:17). _that year: eighteen years_ cannot be right; either _that year_(marking the beginning of the oppression, Judges 11:4) has slipped in from some other place, or _eighteen years_belonged originally to the end of Judges 10:7, cf... [ Continue Reading ]
_was sore distressed_ Cf. Judges 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
The oppression is followed by the cry for help; cf. Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6-7. For the confession cf. Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 12:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
_not … from the Egyptians_ The missing verb is supplied by the RV., cf. Exodus 14:30; _did not I bring you up_would be better the verb usually found with _from Egypt_, Judges 2:1; Judges 6:8; then the rest of the verse must be an editorial expansion. But if the restoration of the RV. be kept, the wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Zidonians … Amalekites … Maonites_ The generalizing list of oppressors is continued. The Zidonians, i.e. Phoenicians (Judges 3:3 _n._), do not appear elsewhere in this character; perhaps the name was suggested by Judges 10:6. The Amalekites are mentioned as allies of Moab in Judges 3:13, and of... [ Continue Reading ]
_forsaken me_ Cf. Judges 10:10; Judges 2:12-13. _other gods_ D's expression: Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 11:16 etc., cf. Joshua 24:2; Joshua 24:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the thought cf. Deuteronomy 32:37-38; Jeremiah 2:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the submission to Jehovah's will cf. 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 15:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
The first half of the verse resembles Genesis 35:2 E, Joshua 24:20-23 E, 1 Samuel 7:3. _strange gods_ i.e. _foreign_gods, E's expression: Joshua 24:20; Joshua 24:23, etc.; contrast _other gods, Judges 10:13_. _was grieved_ lit. _was shortened_, cf. Judges 16:16; Exodus 6:9;... [ Continue Reading ]
On this and the following verse see above. The Ammonites occupied the district which lay to the N.E. of Moab, bordered by the eastern desert. Their chief city was Rabbath-ammon, in Greek Philadelphia, now -Ammân, near the source of the Jabbok; their other cities (Judges 11:33; 2 Samuel 12:31) were i... [ Continue Reading ]
_the people, the princes of Gilead, said_ The apposition is unusually harsh; perhaps _the princes of Gilead_was inserted on the strength of Judges 11:5-11, where _the elders of G_. are the persons concerned with looking out for a leader.... [ Continue Reading ]