Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it Yet some of the inhabitants retired into the castle, and held out there till David's time. Judah went against the Canaanites in Hebron Under the conduct of Caleb, as is recorded Joshua 15:14, &c., for that relation and this are doubtless one and the same expedition, and it is mentioned there by anticipation.
Verse Judges 1:8. _HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM_] We read this verse in a parenthesis, because we suppose that it refers to the taking of this city by Joshua; for as he had conquered its armies and s...
Render “and the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it,” etc. With regard to the capture of Jerusalem there is some obscurity. It is here said to have been taken, smitte...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION: ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND THE RESULTS 1. Israel's Failure in mingling with the Canaanites CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The question and the answer (Judges 1:1)_ 2. Adon...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
JERUSALEM. The first occurrence is in Joshua 10:1, in connection with Adoni-zedek's fear of its being "utterly destroyed" like Ai. Here, in Judges 1:8, we have. picture of its future history in miniat...
_The conquests of Judah_ 2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah's lot....
_fought against Jerusalem, and took it_ Jerusalem was not taken till the time of David; this verse contradicts Judges 1:21 and the known course of history; see Judges 19:11 f.; 2 Samuel 5:6-9. We have...
NOW THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, &C.— The strong fortress on mount Sion continued in the hands of the Jebusites till the time of David. See Joseph. Hist. b. vi. c. 7. _Note;_ (1...
_Conquests of Judah Judges 1:8-10_ 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the...
_NOW THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND HAD TAKEN IT, AND SMITTEN IT WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND SET THE CITY ON FIRE._ Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem...
INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5. This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Pa
JERUSALEM] The city was not held, but remained in the possession of the Jebusites till the time of David (2 Samuel 5:6). Not till then would Judah really dominate Southern Palestine (cp. Judges 1:21,...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THIS BOOK BELIEFS The book called Judges was in the *Hebrew *Scriptures. It was in the section called Former (earlier) *Prophets. In Deuteronomy Chap...
NOW. — Rather, _And._ HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND HAD TAKEN IT. — Our version here most unwarrantably interpolates the word “_had,”_ meaning it perhaps as a sort of explanatory gloss to imply th...
וַ יִּלָּחֲמ֤וּ בְנֵֽי ־יְהוּדָה֙ בִּ יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם...
PROBLEMS OF SETTLEMENT AND WAR Judges 1:1 IT was a new hour in the history of Israel. To a lengthened period of serfdom there had succeeded a time of sojourn in tents, when the camp of the tribes, ha...
RENEWING THE CONQUEST Judges 1:1 The land had been given. There could be no doubt about _that._ In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: “Unto thy seed have I given this la...
The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens with a description of the general condition of affair...
God selected Judah to lead the rest of the tribes into battle. Judah asked Simeon to go with him and promised to help him conquer his lot if he would help conquer that of Judah. They killed 10,000 Can...
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the (e) city on fire. (e) Which was later built again, and possessed by th...
Jerusalem. This city was divided into two; one part was called Jebus, the other Salem; the one was in the tribe of Juda, the other in the tribe of Benjamin. After it was taken and burnt by the men of...
It should seem that, as this verse is inclosed in a parenthesis, it only meant to notice what had been said before. Probably Jerusalem was taken in the wars of Joshua. See Joshua 10:1, etc....
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...
Thus, in the beginning of the book, we see evil and failure, and also simple and blessed deliverances. But alas! the picture darkens more and more. There are grievous features even in the conduct of t...
NOW THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH HAD FOUGHT AGAINST JERUSALEM, AND HAD TAKEN IT,.... Which accounted for their carrying Adonibezek thither. This they had done in the times of Joshua; for when the king of tha...
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Ver. 8. _Had taken it._] As also Hebron and Debir, while...
DREAMERS; the false teachers referred to. DESPISE DOMINION; spurn obedience to law, human and divine. OF DIGNITIES; persons called by God to stations of authority or honor. 1 Peter 2:10....
[IOSHUAS EXHORTATION, HIS AGE, AND DEATH.] 1 The actes of Iudah and Simeon. 4 Adonibezek iustly requited. 8 Hierusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir....
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, literally, "And there fought the sons of Judah against Jerusalem"; for they followed up the advantage which they had gained and attacked the cit...
OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED (vv. 1-26) Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but realizes that there is territory that should be possessed. They therefore appeal to the...
1-8 The Israelites were convinced that the war against the Canaanites was to be continued; but they were in doubt as to the manner in which it was to be carried on after the death of Joshua. In these...
To wit, in Joshua's time; which though done before, may be here repeated, to show why they brought Adoni-bezek to Jerusalem, because that city was in their hands, having been taken before, as may be g...
Judges 1:8 children H1121 Judah H3063 fought H3898 (H8735) Jerusalem H3389 took H3920 (H8799) struck H5221 ...
‘ And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.' This may have been the lower city, or a temporary occupation of t...
Judges 1 AND JUDGES 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaig...
CONTENTS: The incomplete victories of Judah, Benjamin and Manasseh. CHARACTERS: God, Judah, Simeon, Adoni-bezek, Caleb, Achsah, Othniel. CONCLUSION: God appoints service according to the strength He...
Judges 1:1. _After the death of Joshua,_ whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed, Numbers 27:21, by Phinehas the priest. Judges 1:3. J...
_The children of Israel asked the Lord._ SIMPLICITY IN PRAYER Just that! How we have modernised and complicated and destroyed prayer! “The children of Israel asked the Lord.” How simple, how direct,...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:8 JERUSALEM lay between Judah and Benjamin. Neither tribe drove out its inhabitants completely (Joshua 15:63;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:8. Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] _Heb_. = “_fought_,” the pluperfect form not being given in the original. Still, the sense is, “_they formerly fought_,” “_they...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 1:8 Read _Fought against Jerusalem_,_ and took it_,_ and smote it. _It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon in conquering their respective lots....
Through Moses, the children of Israel were let out of Egypt and God began to form a national kind of identity and began to forge the beginnings of a nation. At the death of Moses, Joshua, who was the...
Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:21...
JUDE'S CERTAIN MEN _ The Book of Jude_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than in the Book of Jude. No photographer ever made a better...
And took — Yet some of the inhabitants retired into the castle, and held out there 'till David's time....