Now. And. Commencing with the same word as the preceding books; thus connecting them all together. The book of Joshua. the inheritance possessed: Judges. the inheritance despised. Records the failure of the People, and the faithfulness of Jehovah. The Epilogue (Judges 21:25) gives the key to the who... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6). Some codices. with three early printed editions, read "and behold".... [ Continue Reading ]
ADONI-BEZEK. Lord of Bezek. Bezek was seventeen miles south of Shechem. Compare 1 Samuel 11:8. Compare Joshua 15:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUT OFF. As he had done to others. See Judges 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED. i.e. [the pieces]. AS. according as. GOD Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 miniature. See App-63. The _Tel-el- Amarna_ tablets contain. long correspondence with Egypt about 1400 B.C... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTAIN. hill country. SOUTH. Hebrew. _Negeb._ VALLEY. lowlands... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis_ (App-6), and compare with Judges 1:17. HEBRON. Compare Numbers 13:22.Joshua 14:13. KIRJATH-ARBA. Compare Genesis 23:2.Joshua 14:15; Joshua 20:7. SHESHAI. These are sons of Anak. Compare Judges 1:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEBIR... KIRJATH-SEPHER. See note on Joshua 11:21 and Jdg 15:49.... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHNIEL Mentioned only here; and Judges 3:9.Joshua 15:17. and 1 Chronicles 4:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO HIM. Supply Fig, _Ellipsis_ with "home". A. the. WHAT WILT THOU? or, What aileth thee? Joshua 15:18; Joshua 15:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
KENITE.. non-Israelite race (Genesis 15:19; Numbers 24:21, &c. 1 Samuel 27:10; 1 Samuel 30:29). See Saul's correspondence with them (1 Samuel 15:6). One branch in the north (Judges 4:11). PALM TREES: i.e. Jeremiah 3:13.Deuteronomy 34:3. THE PEOPLE: i.e. Israel. [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROYED. devoted. HORMAH. utter destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK GAZA, &C. These were wholly or partially retaken by the enemy, Compare Judges 14:19. Jdg 16:1. 1 Samuel 5:10. Perhaps this accounts for the Septuagint reading, "Judah too did not inherit". COAST. border.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE DRAVE OUT. he possessed. (Omit italics.) MOUNTAIN. hill country. VALLEY. lowlands. CHARIOTS OF IRON. Compare Judges 4:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. accordingas. Compare Numbers 14:24.Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:13. THREE SONS OF ANAK. See their names in Judges 1:10 and App-23 and App-25.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID NOT DRIVE OUT. Compare Joshua 15:63. Jos 18:28. 2 Samuel 5:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUZ. Compare Genesis 28:19, and see Joshua 16:1; Joshua 16:2. Luz and Beth-el not two cities. 34 SPIES. sentries.... [ Continue Reading ]
HITTITES.. nation north of Syria, mentioned on Egyptian inscriptions from 1500 B.C.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER... NOR. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6) in verses: Judges 1:29. Emphasizing the unfaithfulness and disobedience, the cause of all subsequent trouble. DRIVE OUT. possess.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT: i.e. in friendly relations. Psalms 133:1; 2 Kings 4:13. See note on 1 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 9:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT AMONG. dwelt in the inside, as in the heart or bowels of the Canaanites; verses: Judges 1:27 are very different.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, by which the hand is put for the power exerted by it,... [ Continue Reading ]
COAST. border or boundary. Judges 2 gives. summary of events from Judges 3:1; Judges 3:16; Judges 3:31. The period it covers is therefore 1434-1100, i.e. 334 years.... [ Continue Reading ]