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Verse Judges 1:12-7. _AND CALEB, C._] See this whole account, which is
placed here by way of recapitulation, in Joshua 15:13-6, and the
explanatory notes there....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The conquests of Judah_
2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to
Judah's lot....
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_to him will I give Achsah_ Cf. 1 Samuel 17:25. The victor was to gain
the hand of Achsah: the city too (it appears) became his....
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AND JUDAH WENT AGAINST THE CANAANITES— See on Joshua 15:18. The
expedition against Hebron seems placed here by way of recapitulation,
on account of the other conquests of the tribe of Judah. The whole...
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_Othniel Conquers Debir and Receives Achsah Judges 1:11-15_
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
12 And Caleb said, He that smi...
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_AND CALEB SAID, HE THAT SMITETH KIRJATH-SEPHER, AND TAKETH IT, TO HIM
WILL I GIVE ACHSAH MY DAUGHTER TO WIFE._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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
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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...
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AND CALEB SAID. — See Joshua 15:16. Caleb was a “Kenizzite,”
which seems to imply that he was descended from Kenaz, a grandson of
Esau (Genesis 36:11). In Numbers 13:6 he is mentioned as being a
princ...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר כָּלֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר ־יַכֶּ֥ה
אֶת ־קִרְ
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THE WAY OF THE SWORD
Judges 1:12
THE name Kiriath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point
to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean
inhabitants of Canaan. We c...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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We had this interesting account before, in the preceding book of
Joshua, to which I therefore refer the Reader. See Joshua 15:15....
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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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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...
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These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds _they are_ without water,
carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without frui...
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Jdg. 1:12-15. _Concerning Othniel and Caleb's daughter. _ Othniel in
this story is a type of Christ. As Othniel, Caleb's nephew, obtained
Caleb's daughter, his first cousin, to wife, by war, and the v...
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SPOTS; rather, sunken rocks, exposing to destruction the voyager that
comes upon them.
FEASTS OF CHARITY; among the brethren, where purity and temperance
ought to have prevailed.
CLOUDS-TREES-RAGING...
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[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....
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and Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah, my daughter, to wife....
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OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
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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...
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9-20 The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their
side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they
suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Cale...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 1:12 Caleb H3612 said H559 (H8799) attacks H5221 (H8686) Sepher
H7158 takes H3920 (H8804) give...
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‘ And Caleb said, “He who smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife”.'
This was a kind of test of suitability. Chief's daughters were given
to mighty champions...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_To him will I give Achsah my daughter._
DIFFICULTIES AND HARDSHIPS IN LIFE
There was more difficulty and danger in the winning of this city than
others; which teaches us that we must not think it st...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:10 This passage (almost identical to Joshua
15:13) is probably a “flashback” to the earlier capture of HEBRON
and Debi
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Judges 1:8. Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] _Heb_. =
“_fought_,” the pluperfect form not being given in the original.
Still, the sense is, “_they formerly fought_,” “_they...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 1:8
Read _Fought against Jerusalem_,_ and took it_,_ and smote it. _It is
the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon
in conquering their respective lots....
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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...
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1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 18:23; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 15:16; Joshu
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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...