THOSE DAYS. Numbers 17 and Numbers 21, thought by some to record earlier events in the days of Othniel by Figure of speech _Hysteresis_ (App-6). See note on Judges 17:1, and Structure. NO KING. No true "house of God" religiously (Judges 17:5), leads to "no king" nationally (Judges 18:1); and nation... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. COASTS. borders. MEN OF VALOUR. sons of valour. MOUNT. hill country of.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE YOUNG MAN. Compare Judges 17:7. MAKEST. doest.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASK COUNSEL. By the use of the ephod. See Judges 17:6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Not Jehovah. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAISH. Called Leshem. Joshua 19:47. QUIET AND SECURE. Probably arising from the enervating effects of malaria now endemic there. If so, it may be identified with _Tel-el-kadi_ in the feverridden district at the head of the Jordan. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
APPOINTED. girded.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAHANEH-DAN. camp of Dan (Judges 13:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
DO YE KNOW... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EPHOD. Septuagint reads "and the ephod". Compare Judges 18:17. The Hebrew text has "the carved image of the ephod".... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY THINE HAND, &C. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for "be silent". BETTER. Man's priest soon gets promotion.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARRIAGE. goods. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for things carried.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THOU COMEST, &C. Hebrew "that thou hast called thyself out".... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint read "as far as".... [ Continue Reading ]
BUSINESS. dealings.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THE NAME. Compare Joshua 19.... [ Continue Reading ]
SET UP. On account of this, Dan is not named in Revelation 7, and Ephraim is there merged in Joseph. MANASSEH. This word is one of the four that has. suspended letter. Here the letter, _nun_ (n), is written partly in the line and partly above the line, to show that originally it formed no part of th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF GOD: i.e. the Tabernacle of Moses, but not recognized as the house of Jehovah, the Covenant God.... [ Continue Reading ]