Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Judges 1:4
In Bezek— Bezek was a city of the tribe of Judah, and is thought to have been at a small distance from Bethlehem and Jerusalem. See 1 Samuel 11:8 and Wells's Geogr. vol. 2:
In Bezek— Bezek was a city of the tribe of Judah, and is thought to have been at a small distance from Bethlehem and Jerusalem. See 1 Samuel 11:8 and Wells's Geogr. vol. 2:
THE CANAANITES AND THE PERIZZITES - See Genesis 12:6, note; Genesis 13:7, note. Bezek may be the name of a district. It has not yet been identified....
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...
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...
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...
_The conquests of Judah_ 2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah's lot....
This verse is made up of general phrases borrowed from Judges 1:5, with the addition of the 10,000 a common round number, Judges 3:29; Judges 4:6; Judges 7:3. The story of Adoni-
General Introduction to the Period of Judges Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 _Judah and Simeon Capture Adoni-bezek Judges 1:1-7_ Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel as...
_AND JUDAH WENT UP; AND THE LORD DELIVERED THE CANAANITES AND THE PERIZZITES INTO THEIR HAND: AND THEY SLEW OF THEM IN BEZEK TEN THOUSAND MEN._ Bezek. This place lay within the allotted domain of Jud...
PERIZZITES] see on Genesis 13:7. CANAANITES] in its special sense of 'lowlanders': cp. Genesis 13:7; Genesis 34:30. BEZEK] lying on the road from Gilgal to South Palestine....
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
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...
AND JUDAH WENT UP. — Under the leadership of Caleb (Joshua 14:6). THE CANAANITES AND THE PERIZZITES. — See Genesis 13:7; Genesis 34:30. The former seem to have been _lowlanders_ — “by the sea and by t...
וַ יַּ֣עַל יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ יִּתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Pherezite. This name denotes "a countryman," as the former does "a merchant." None of the children of Chanaan were of this appellation, Genesis x. 15. The people of the country assembled therefore at...
It should seem that, as this verse is inclosed in a parenthesis, it only meant to notice what had been said before. Probably Jerusalem was taken in the wars of Joshua. See Joshua 10:1, etc....
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...
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...
AND JUDAH WENT UP,.... Simeon being along with him, from the southern parts of the land, where they dwelt, and went more northward towards Jerusalem, and which therefore is called a going up: AND THE...
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. Ver. 4. _And they slew of them in Bezek._] Saul's rendezv...
_Judah went up_ The people of that tribe were principally concerned in this expedition, and therefore are only mentioned, though those of the tribe of Simeon went up with them. _And the Lord delivered...
UNAWARES; by stealth. OF OLD ORDAINED; whose coming, character, and punishment have been foretold by ancient prophets, and by Christ and his apostles. TURNING THE GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO LASCIVIOUSNES...
[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....
And Judah went up, reinforced by the army of Simeon; AND THE LORD DELIVERED THE CANAANITES AND THE PERIZZITES, who evidently had gained the necessary courage to join their forces at this time, with th...
OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
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...
1-8 The Israelites were convinced that the war against the Canaanites was to be continued; but they were in doubt as to the manner in which it was to be carried on after the death of Joshua. In these...
Not in the city, for that was not yet taken, JUDGES 1:5, but in the territory of it, or near to it; as _in Hor_ is taken, NUMBERS 33:37; and _in Jericho_, JOSHUA 5:13....
Judges 1:4 Judah H3063 up H5927 (H8799) LORD H3068 delivered H5414 (H8799) Canaanites H3669 Perizzites H6522 hand...
‘ And Judah went up. And Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hand. And they smote of those in Bezek ten eleph men.' “AND JUDAH WENT UP.” Judah was obedient to Yahweh's command ‘...
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...
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...
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...
_The children of Israel asked the Lord._ SIMPLICITY IN PRAYER Just that! How we have modernised and complicated and destroyed prayer! “The children of Israel asked the Lord.” How simple, how direct,...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:1 The Roots of Israel’s Unfaithfulness. This introduction identifies the root causes and effects of Israel’s wickedness. The pattern established here repeats throughout the boo...
_FAITHFULNESS AND UNFAITHFULNESS IN THE LORD’S WAR_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:1. Now after the death of Joshua.] The Speaker’s Commentary says on these opening words: “But from Judges 1:1 to Judges 2...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 1:1 AFTER THE DEATH OF JOSHUA. The events narrated in Joshua 1:1. and Joshua 2:1 all occurred before the death of Joshua, as appears by...
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...
1 Kings 22:15; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Samuel 14:10; 1 Samue
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...
In Bezek — Not in the city, for that was not yet taken, Judges 1:5, but in the territory of it....