Judges 8:1
CHIDE. This was the beginning of the strife which ended in the division of the kingdom (1 Kings 12).... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIDE. This was the beginning of the strife which ended in the division of the kingdom (1 Kings 12).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT... ? IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Elohim delivered His creatures; not Jehovah the Covenant-God. App-4. ANGER. Hebrew. _ruach,_ spirit (App-9). Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the angry manifestations of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. folk. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSTS. camps. CHILDREN. Hebrew sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOST. camp.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. the.... [ Continue Reading ]
ORNAMENTS. crescent-shaped ornaments used still on necks of horses and camels.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARRINGS. Hebrew. _Nezem,_ Any ring worn in ear or nose. a nose ring in Genesis 24:47; Proverbs 11:22.Isaiah 3:21.Ezekiel 16:12. and "earring" in Genesis 35:4 and Exodus 32:2. Other passages doubtful (Judges 8:25.Job 42:11. [ Continue Reading ]
EPHOD. Probably the priests were lax in restoring the worship of the true God. So that Gideon would have meant well and desired to judge well. Compare Judges 17:5, where Micah made another. The reason given being that "there was no king, and every man did what was right in his own eyes", Judges 17:6... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. LIFTED UP THEIR HEADS NO MORE. made no more attempts to vex. WAS IN QUIETNESS. See note on Judges 3:11.... [ Continue Reading ]