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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 9:5

Ashkelon shall see it, &c.— "The cities of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, shall be very much terrified at the news of Tyre being destroyed; whence they hoped for succour against the enemy. Gaza was taken by Alexander after a siege of two months, ten thousand of the inhabitants were slain, and the governor Betis dragged round the city till he expired." See Joseph. Antiq. lib. 11: cap. ult. and Qintus Curtius, lib. 4: Instead of king, we may read governor or viceroy.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 9:5. _ASHKELON SHALL SEE_ IT, _AND FEAR_] All these prophecies seem to have been fulfilled before the days of Zechariah; another evidence that these last chapters were not written by h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ASHKELON SHALL SEE AND FEAR - The words express that to see and fear shall be as one. The mightiest and wealthiest, Tyre, having fallen, the neighbor cities of Philistia who had hoped that her might s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE I. The First Burden (9-11) CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1) _ 2. Zion's King of Peace (Zechariah 9...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tristichs. This form of verse is unusual, the more co...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ASHKELON. Now 'Askalan. SEE. FEAR. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew. _tera. vetira_. May be Englished by "shall _gaze_. and be _amazed_ (or be _dazed)_ ": or "shall peer and fe...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zechariah 9:1-8. The punishment of Israel's enemies The first section opens with a prediction (Zechariah 9:1-8), from which the title of the whole of this first group of prophecies is derived, of the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _her expectation_ The cities of Philistia, to which (Zechariah 9:5-7) after the subjugation of Syria (Zechariah 9:1-2) and Phœnicia (Zechariah 9:3-4), the scourge passed, had naturally looked to Tyre...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF ZION THROUGH HER MESSIAH JUDGEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL'S ENEMIES. Zechariah 9:1-8 RV. The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENTS ON THE NATIONS. THE PRINCE OF PEACE 1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will acknowledge God. God...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ASHKELON, etc.] cities of the Philistines. After taking Tyre, Alexander marched down the coast to these cities. He captured Gaza after a two months' siege. FOR HER EXPECTATION SHALL BE ASHAMED] i.e. h...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 9 V1 What the *LORD says warns (about punishment) to the country of Hadrach. (The punishment) will start at Damascus. (This will ha...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SEE IT, AND FEAR. — Well might Philistia fear and tremble on hearing of the destruction of Tyre. Ashkelon and Ekron, it is true, are not mentioned in connection with this march of Alexander, but they...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תֵּרֶ֨א אַשְׁקְלֹ֜ון וְ תִירָ֗א וְ עַזָּה֙ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    1. THE COMING OF THE GREEKS Zechariah 9:1 This passage runs exactly in the style of the early prophets. It figures the progress of war from the north of Syria southwards by the valley of the Orontes...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rej...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Ascalon was ruined. The other cities opened their gates, as Jerusalem did. (Josephus, Antiquities xi. ultra) --- Batis alone resolved to defend Gaza. He was dragged round the city when it was taken,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and line gold as the mire of the streets....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    In this verse also is described the devastation of those cities which the Prophet names; as though he had said, that all those cities which had risen up against God’s people were devoted to extreme ve...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ASHKELON SHALL SEE [IT], AND FEAR,.... That is, as Kimchi explains it, when Ashkelon shall see that Tyre humbles herself and submits, she shall humble herself and submit also: and the sense may be, th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear; Gaza also [shall see it], and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Hamath also shall border there by_ Or, Hamath also shall be within its borders. That is, the borders of this prophecy. Hamath shall be involved in the calamities which this prophecy denounces. “I...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JUDGMENT UPON THE LAND OF HADRACH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ashkelon shall see It, namely, the punishment descending upon Tyrus, AND FEAR; GAZA ALSO SHALL SEE IT AND BE VERY SORROWFUL, be exceedingly troubled, AND EKRON, FOR HER EXPECTATION SHALL BE ASHAMED, h...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SYRIA, TYRE AND PHILISTIA TO FALL UNDER JUDGMENT (vv. 1-8) Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section of t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lord promised to protect his people. God's house lies in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ASHKELON, threatened by Zephaniah, ZEPHANIAH 2:4, which threat was executed by the Babylonians soon after the Jews captivity, when Nebuchadnezzar wasted the seacoast, and besieged and took Tyre; but t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 9:5 Ashkelon H831 see H7200 (H8799) fear H3372 (H8799) Gaza H5804 very H3966 sorrowful H2342 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD DECLARES JUDGMENT ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS AND SECURITY TO HIS PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 9:1). The section begins by indicating that all are watching for what YHWH will do, and that those who pride them...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach,_ Or, Syria, Zechariah 9:1. _And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, s...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    As we read these ancient prophecies, we will not only notice how exactly they have been fulfilled, but we will also try to learn the lesson that they are intended to teach us. Zechariah 9:1. The burd...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of Hadrach and Damascus._ Hadrach, the old name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2; Jeremiah 49:28. This k...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of the Word of the Lord _ The dark and bright side of God ’s revelation to mankind I. The dark side of the Divine Word. Notice two things-- 1. In this aspect it is here called a “burden...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 9:5.] Principal cities of the Philistines given. Gath only left out, probably owing to its situation inland, lying out of the route of the army. The fall of Tyre terrified...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, and all of the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also s...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 8:26; Ezekiel 25:15; Ezekiel 26:15; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 20:5

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Her expectation — Her hope that Tyre would break Alexander's power, or hold out against it. Ashamed — Turned into shame and confusion. The king — The government shall be overthrown. Shall not be inhab...

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