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Verse Judges 3:13. _THE CITY OF PALM TREES._] This the Targum renders
_the_ _city of Jericho_; but Jericho had been destroyed by Joshua, and
certainly was not rebuilt till the reign of Ahab, long aft...
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The children of Ammon (Bent-Ammon), almost always so spoken of from
their ancestor Ben-ammi Genesis 19:38, seem to be under the leadership
of the king of Moab, as do also the Amlekites: this is perhap...
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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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AMALEK. See note on Exodus 17:16.
PALM TREES. Compare Deuteronomy 34:3....
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_Ammon and Amalek_ Moab and Ammon appear in alliance against Israel in
2 Chronicles 20:1; Psalms 83:6 f. includes Amalek also. The Amalekites
were Bedouin of the deserts S. of Palestine, in the N. of...
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_Ehud delivers Israel from Moab_
The story of Ehud is furnished by the editor with an introduction
(Judges 3:12 a) and conclusion (Judges 3:30) in his usual manner. The
narrative thus enclosed is one...
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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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_AND HE GATHERED UNTO HIM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND AMALEK, AND WENT
AND SMOTE ISRAEL, AND POSSESSED THE CITY OF PALM TREES._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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AMMON] N. of Moab: the Amalekites (Genesis 36:12) are called Edomites.
They occupied the desert between Sinai and S. Palestine. The Kenites
formed one of their nomad clans, but on the whole their enmi...
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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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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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THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. — They were closely allied with the Moabites
by affinities of race and character. (Genesis 19:37.) We find them
united with Moab against Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20:1. (See J...
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וַ יֶּאֱסֹ֣ף אֵלָ֔יו אֶת ־בְּנֵ֥י
עַמֹּ֖ון 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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DELIVERED FROM MESOPOTAMIAN OPPRESSION
Judges 3:1
Our sins and failures will sometimes be so overruled as to promote the
growth of our souls in the true knowledge of ourselves and of God. It
would be...
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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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The last servitude was eight years, and this eighteen. Observe, how
the Lord, according to his promise, increaseth the stripes upon
increased rebellion. See Leviticus 26:27....
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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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AND HE GATHERED UNTO HIM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON AND AMALEK,.... Either
the Lord gathered them to Eglon, inclined them to enter into a
confederacy with him, to assist in the war against Israel; or the k...
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And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went
and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Ver. 13. _And possessed the city of palm trees._] A poor city now, but
ther...
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_City of palm-trees_ That is, Jericho. Not the city which was
demolished, but the territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp,
for the fertility of that soil, and because of its nearness to the...
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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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And he, Eglon, who evidently combined shrewdness with energy, GATHERED
UNTO HIM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, to the northeast, like those of Moab,
inveterate enemies of Israel, Deuteronomy 23:3, AND AMALEK,...
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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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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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i.e. Jericho, as may be gathered from DEUTERONOMY 24:3 JUDGES 1:16 2
CHRONICLES 28:15. Not the city, which was demolished, but the
territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp, partly for the
adm...
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‘And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and he
went and smote Israel and possessed the city of the palm trees.'
This city of the palm trees must have been Jericho, for the champion
r...
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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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Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16; Judges 5:14; Psalms 83:6; Psalms 83:7...
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City of Palm — trees — That is, Jericho. Not the city which was
demolished, but the territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp,
for the fertility of that soil, and because of its nearness to th...