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Verse Judges 3:24. _HE COVERETH HIS FEET_] He has lain down on his
sofa in order to sleep; when this was done they dropped their
slippers, lifted up their feet, and covered them with their long loose...
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HE COVERETH HIS FEET - Compare the marginal references. The
explanation of the phrase as “taking sleep” suits both passages
best....
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2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR
CHAPTER 3:12-31
_ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_
2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15)
3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
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EHUD, THE BENJAMITE. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in
Judges 3:12_ a_ and Judges 3:30. The story itself is a genuine
folk-tale, handed down from century to century before being committe...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. covereth his feet.
Figure of speech _Euphemism_ for act performed while stooping, and
causing feet to be covered....
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HE COVERETH HIS FEET— Some have supposed, that this is a modest
expression for one of the necessities of nature; but it more probably,
I should imagine, means in this place, _lying down to rest,_ whic...
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_Ehud Delivers Israel from Moab Judges 3:12-30_
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord:
and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had...
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_WHEN HE WAS GONE OUT, HIS SERVANTS CAME; AND WHEN THEY SAW THAT,
BEHOLD, THE DOORS OF THE PARLOUR WERE LOCKED, THEY SAID, SURELY HE
COVERETH HIS FEET IN HIS SUMMER CHAMBER._
No JFB commentary on the...
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THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR
1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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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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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order
to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in
*Canaan. V2...
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BEHOLD, THE DOORS OF THE PARLOUR WERE LOCKED. — It never occurred to
them to suppose that they could have been fastened from without.
“They were not strictly on the watch, both because of the heat and...
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וְ ה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַ עֲבָדָ֣יו בָּ֔אוּ
וַ
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THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD
Judges 3:12
THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to
one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the
judge without reproa...
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THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD”
Judges 3:15
The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion
because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon
was also the more ready...
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God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in
order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably
in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
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After the death of that great spiritual leader, Israel again began to
worship idols and God allowed Eglon the king of Moab to conquer them,
with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites. Eglon ruled o...
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Door. Lyranus would prefer porticum, "the porch," as the Chaldean
explains the Hebrew by exedra, a portico highly ornamented with
pillars and seats, where the princes formerly used to administer
justi...
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Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was
of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to
arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspicio...
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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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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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WHEN HE WAS GONE OUT, HIS SERVANTS CAME,.... When Ehud was gone
through the porch, and out of the palace, the servants of Eglon, who
had been put out, came to the parlour door to reassume their former...
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When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,
behold, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he
covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Ver. 24. _Surely he cove...
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_He covereth his feet_ This phrase is used only here, and 1 Samuel
24:3. A late judicious interpreter expounds it, of composing himself
to take a little sleep, as it was very usual to do in the day-ti...
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1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie.
8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim.
12 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
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When he was gone out, with a calmness intended to disarm every
suspicion on the part of the king's attendants, HIS SERVANTS CAME; AND
WHEN THEY SAW THAT, BEHOLD, THE DOORS OF THE PARLOR WERE LOCKED, T...
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EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL
(vv. 1-6)
The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with
learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not
going to exempt an...
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COVERETH:
Or, doeth his easement...
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12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The
Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God
punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened,...
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Covereth his feet: this phrase is used only here and 1 SAMUEL 24:3. It
is commonly understood in both places, of easing nature; because the
men not then wearing breeches, as we do, but long coats, the...
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Judges 3:24 out H3318 (H8804) servants H5650 came H935 (H8804) look
H7200 (H8799) doors H1817 room...
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‘ When he had left, his servants came, and they saw, and behold the
doors of the parlour were locked. And they said, “surely he covers
his feet in the cooling room”.'
When the servants saw Ehud leave...
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CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and
Shamgar.
CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
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Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So
is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and
the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
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_The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel._
SIN--SUFFERING; PENITENCE AND DELIVERANCE REPEATED
I. New sin added: “Again”
1. A painful surprise.
2. Deeper guilt. It showed more de...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s
Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how
Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:12 The story of Ehud killing Eglon is
graphic, highlighting the rough nature of this period and many of its
“heroes.”
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_ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges
3:12_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 3:12. DID EVIL AGAIN IN SIGHT OF THE LORD.]
The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the same
both he...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 3:13
THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see
Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19,...
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges
3:1),
There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
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1 Samuel 24:3...
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Covereth his feet — This phrase is used only here, and 1 Samuel
24:3. A late judicious interpreter expounds it, of composing himself
to take a little sleep, as was very usual to do in the day — time i...