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2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR
CHAPTER 3:12-31
_ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_
2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15)
3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
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EHUD, THE BENJAMITE. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in
Judges 3:12_ a_ and Judges 3:30. The story itself is a genuine
folk-tale, handed down from century to century before being committe...
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THE MOUNT. the hill country....
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_Ehud delivers Israel from Moab_
The story of Ehud is furnished by the editor with an introduction
(Judges 3:12 a) and conclusion (Judges 3:30) in his usual manner. The
narrative thus enclosed is one...
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_when he was come_ If Se-îrah was meant, -thither" should have been
written. Some indication of the place is needed; the LXX. cod. B adds
-unto the land of Israel," shewing that the obscurity was felt...
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_Ehud Delivers Israel from Moab Judges 3:12-30_
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord:
and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS COME, THAT HE BLEW A TRUMPET IN THE
MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT DOWN WITH HIM
FROM THE MOUNT, AND HE BEFORE THEM._
He blew a trumpet in the...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order
to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in
*Canaan. V2...
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HE BLEW A TRUMPET. — The word for “trumpet” is _shophar._ The
LXX. have “he trumpeted with a horn” (_Esalpisen en keratine_).
IN THE MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM. — The hill country of Ephraim was always
the f...
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וַ יְהִ֣י בְּ בֹואֹ֔ו וַ יִּתְקַ֥ע בַּ
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THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD
Judges 3:12
THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to
one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the
judge without reproa...
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THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD”
Judges 3:15
The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion
because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon
was also the more ready...
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God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in
order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably
in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
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After the death of that great spiritual leader, Israel again began to
worship idols and God allowed Eglon the king of Moab to conquer them,
with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites. Eglon ruled o...
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_Seirath seems to have been on the road from Galgal to Mount Ephraim.
Some conjecture that Josephus speaks of it under the name of Syriad,
(Calmet) where he saw the inscriptions, which he asserts were...
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Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was
of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to
arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspicio...
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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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS COME, That is, to Seirath, Judges
3:26, in the tribe of Ephraim:
THAT BE BLEW A TRUMPET IN THE MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM; which being an high
mountain, the sound of the tru...
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the
mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him
from the mount, and he before them.
Ver. 27. _He blew a trumpet...
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_He blew a trumpet_ In order to summon those who were disposed to
recover their liberty to take arms and follow him. _And the children
of Israel went down with him_ Whom doubtless he had prepared by h...
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1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie.
8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim.
12 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the
mountain of Ephraim, this trumpet-blast being transmitted among the
mountains, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, with whom he had evident...
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EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL
(vv. 1-6)
The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with
learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not
going to exempt an...
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12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The
Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God
punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened,...
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Doubtless he had prepared THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, and by his
emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers....
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Judges 3:27 arrived H935 (H8800) blew H8628 (H8799) trumpet H7782
mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 children H1121 Israel...
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Judges 3:27 A
‘And it happened that, when he was come, he blew a ram's horn in the
hill country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him
from the hill country, and he in front of the...
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CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and
Shamgar.
CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
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Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So
is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and
the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
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_The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel._
SIN--SUFFERING; PENITENCE AND DELIVERANCE REPEATED
I. New sin added: “Again”
1. A painful surprise.
2. Deeper guilt. It showed more de...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s
Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how
Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:12 The story of Ehud killing Eglon is
graphic, highlighting the rough nature of this period and many of its
“heroes.”
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_ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges
3:12_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 3:12. DID EVIL AGAIN IN SIGHT OF THE LORD.]
The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the same
both he...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 3:13
THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see
Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19,...
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges
3:1),
There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
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1 Samuel 13:3; 2 Kings 9:13; 2 Samuel 20:22; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 17:1
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The children of Israel — Whom doubtless he had prepared by his
emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers....