EXPOSITION
JUDGES 9:1
THE SON OF JERUBBAAL. Throughout this chapter Gideon is spoken of by
the name of Jerubbaal. There must be some cause for this. The simplest
and most probable cause is that this whole history of Abimelech is
taken from some other source than the preceding chapters. And a
consid... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
JUDGES 9:7
ON THE TOP OF MOUNT GERIZIM. Mount Gerizim rises on the south-west
side of Samaria or Shechem as a sheer rock about 800 feet in height,
facing Mount Ebal, which is separated from it by the narrow valley,
"some 500 yards wide," in which Samaria, now Nablus, is built. It was
fro... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
JUDGES 9:22
HAD REIGNED. The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from
that in Judges 9:8, Judges 9:10, Judges 9:12, Judges 9:14, and
elsewhere, where the reign of a king is designated. It means to
exercise dominion, to be a chief or captain over a people. The use of
it here su... [ Continue Reading ]