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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The conquests of Judah_
2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to
Judah's lot....
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_he went_ Originally, perhaps, _he went up_as in Joshua 15:15; LXX
here _they went up_. The subject is _Caleb_in Judges 1:20 restored to
its proper place. Joshua 15:15-19 describes the capture of Debi...
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AND JUDAH WENT AGAINST THE CANAANITES— See on Joshua 15:18. The
expedition against Hebron seems placed here by way of recapitulation,
on account of the other conquests of the tribe of Judah. The whole...
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_Othniel Conquers Debir and Receives Achsah Judges 1:11-15_
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
12 And Caleb said, He that smi...
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_AND FROM THENCE HE WENT AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF DEBIR: AND THE
NAME OF DEBIR BEFORE WAS KIRJATH-SEPHER:_
Debir. Its Canaanite name was Kirjath-sannah - i:e., 'city of palm'
(Joshua 15:49); and Ki...
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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
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DEBIR] in the Negeb. KIRJATH-SEPHER] 'Book-city' HE] should be Caleb
(see Joshua 15:13), to whom (Joshua 14:6) Moses had promised this
territory....
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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...
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DEBIR. — See Joshua 15:15; Joshua 15:49. In Joshua 10:38, its
conquest is assigned to Joshua. The name means “the oracle.” It
afterwards became a Levitic town. There seem to have been two other
Debirs...
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וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ מִ שָּׁ֔ם אֶל ־יֹושְׁבֵ֖י
דְּבִ֑י
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The city of letters. Perhaps so called, from some famous school or
library kept there. (Challoner) --- The explanation, that is, &c., is
added by the Vulgate. (Haydock) --- Madrid, in Arabic, means ...
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We had this interesting account before, in the preceding book of
Joshua, to which I therefore refer the Reader. See Joshua 15:15....
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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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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...
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AND FROM THENCE HE WENT AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF DEBIR: AND THE NAME
OF DEBIR BEFORE [WAS] KIRJATHSEPHER.
Joshua 15:15....
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Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily
after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying
of Core.
Ver. 11. _In the way of Cain_] The devil's patriar...
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THE WAY OF CAIN; relying on their own wisdom and goodness, and not on
the wisdom and grace of God; envying, hating, and destroying those who
were better and more highly favored than themselves. Genesi...
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[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....
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And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, a city some
ten miles southwest of Hebron; AND THE NAME OF DEBIR BEFORE WAS
KIRJATH-SEPHER;...
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OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
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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...
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9-20 The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their
side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they
suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Cale...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 1:11 went H3212 (H8799) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Debir H1688
name H8034 Debir H1688 formerly H6440 Sepher...
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‘ And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the
name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.'
After Hebron Caleb's next object was Debir, a city at the southern end
of the Judean hills....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Kirjath-sepher._
THE BOOK-TOWN
The name Kirjath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point
to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean
inhabitants of Canaan. We ca...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:10 This passage (almost identical to Joshua
15:13) is probably a “flashback” to the earlier capture of HEBRON
and Debi
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Joshua 10:38; Joshua 10:39; Joshua 15:15...
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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...