Judges 3:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE LORDS. See note on Joshua 13:2. ENTERING IN. pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT AMONG. Not the Canaanites dwelling in Israel, but Israel dwelling among the Canaanites, who were to be exterminated. Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK THEIR DAUGHTERS, contrary to Jehovah's express command. Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew "the evil"; i.e. the special evil (idolatry) which had been forbidden as such. See App-44. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THE GROVES _= Asherim._ App-42. See note on Exodus 34:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOLD. Compare Judges 2:14. Jdg 2:14490 years since Abraham left Mesopotamia.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVERER. saviour. DELIVERED. saved. Compare Luke 1:68. OTHNIEL. Compare Joshua 15:16; Joshua 15:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. Of Jehovah, App-4. not _Elohim._ The spirit (Hebrew. _ruach,_ App-9) of Jehovah bestowing _gifts_ rather than power or might (Genesis 1:2). Compare Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 61:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD REST. Repeated four times: Judges 3:11; Judges 3:30; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:20, to prevent the periods of rest and servitude being "telescoped". See App-50. Introduction.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMALEK. See note on Exodus 17:16. PALM TREES. Compare Deuteronomy 34:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUBIT. Occurs only here. a cut. Septuagint _spithame,_. dirk, about. inches long.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESENT. admittance-offering. Hebrew. _korban._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. bring near. Heb _karab._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUARRIES. graven images. So Septuagint, Vulgate, and Targum, here and Judges 3:26. Hebrew. _pesilim._ Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 7:25. Deu 12:3. 2 Kings 17:41.Psalms 78:53, &c. THAT WERE BY GILGAL. Hebrew the same [as] at Gilgah. ERRAND. Hebrew word. See note on "message", Judges 3:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUMMER PARLOUR. Cooling room. Occurs only here and Judges 3:24. MESSAGE. word; put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject) for what is meant by it: here it is the "errand" of Judges 3:19. GOD. Elohim. App-4. The Creator to the creature; not Jehovah (the Covenant God) to His servant. SEAT. thr... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS LEFT HAND. Note the seven weak things in this book, illustrating 1 Corinthians 1:27; 2 Corinthians 12:9, left hand (Judges 3:21); ox goad (Judges 3:31);. woman (Judges 4:4);. nail (Judges 4:21); piece of. millstone (9, 53); pitcher and trumpet (Judges 7:20); jawbone of an ass (Judges 15:16). So... [ Continue Reading ]
HAFT. handle. Hebrew. _nizzab,_ occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. covereth his feet. Figure of speech _Euphemism_ for act performed while stooping, and causing feet to be covered.... [ Continue Reading ]
A KEY. the key.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSED. he passed. BEYOND. by. QUARRIES. the graven images of Ehud. Compare Judges 3:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNT. the hill country.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEARS. The Septuagint adds "until he died".... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAMGAR. Compare Judges 5:6. AN OX GOAD. See note on Judges 3:21. No weapons. Compare Jdg 5:8. 1 Samuel 13:19.... [ Continue Reading ]