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Verse Judges 8:35. _NEITHER SHOWED THEY KINDNESS TO THE HOUSE OF -
GIDEON_] They were both _unthankful_ and _unholy_. Though they had the
clearest proofs of God's power and goodness before their eyes...
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CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END
_ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_
2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10)
3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22)
4. Israel's failure after Gide...
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GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the
Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine
King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...
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_Israel Turns from God Judges 8:33-35_
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children
of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made
Baal-berith their god.
34...
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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 8
V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you
done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the
people from Midi...
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JERUBBAAL, NAMELY, GIDEON. — It is doubtful whether we should not
join the two names (Jerubbaal-Gideon), as in the Vulgate. Both names
may be here allusive. He had been the “hewer” of their enemies an...
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וְ לֹֽא ־עָשׂ֣וּ חֶ֔סֶד עִם ־בֵּ֥ית
יְרֻבַּ֖ע
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ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal
influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion
follows on his death. Gide...
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“THROUGH SLAUGHTER TO A THRONE”
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and
instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show
kindness to the...
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Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to
deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he
had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
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Neither (r) shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely],
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
(r) They were unmindful of God and unkind to him, by whom...
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_Mercy is here put for many virtues: gratitude, justice, kindness, &c.
(Menochius) --- The Israelites did not take care to provide for
(Calmet) the family of one who had rendered them such essential
s...
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Observe how they forgot God, and how should they be grateful to man!
How beautifully doth the Psalmist introduce to view, the wonderful
goodness of God, when from the very sins of his people, the Lord...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! pause over the review of this chapter. Call to mind the
wonderful mercies shown to Israel, as related in the former chapter,
and then behold the issue of divine deliverances, in...
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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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Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the
Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which
disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
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NEITHER SHOWED THEY KINDNESS TO THE HOUSE OF JERUBBAAL, NAMELY
GIDEON,.... But, on the contrary, great unkindness and cruelty,
slaying his seventy sons, as related in the following chapter:
ACCORDING...
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Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely],
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Ver. 35. _Neither showed they kindness._] No wonder that apost...
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_Neither showed they kindness to the house of Gideon_ No wonder they
were so ungrateful to the family of this illustrious man, when they
were so forgetful of the God of all their mercies; _according t...
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1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites.
4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.
13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.
17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
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neither showed they kindness to the house, the children, the family,
OF JERUBBAAL, NAMELY, GIDEON, ACCORDING TO ALL THE GOODNESS WHICH HE
HAD SHOWED UNTO ISRAEL. They deliberately set out to forget ev...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN...
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GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER
(vv. 1-3)
But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so
late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They
did not stop to...
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29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship
of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then
they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon.
Apostasy.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal,
Jether.
CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
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Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he
threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was
blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their
cou...
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_And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house._
GIDEON AT HIS WORST
Man is a strange mixture of greatness and of littleness, of goodness,
and of badness. The one lies very close to...
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_Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._
GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE
Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails
entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:33 The steady downward cycle of Israel’s
unfaithfulness continued. Though he had accomplished some good things,
Gideon contributed significantly to this downward slide. WHORED....
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CHAPTER 8
_FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have
taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23
RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer,
added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a
desire, already perhaps beginn...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?
The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them
giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
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Ecclesiastes 9:14; Ecclesiastes 9:15; Judges 9:16; Judges 9:5...