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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Judges 1:3-8

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.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 1:3. _COME UP WITH ME INTO MY LOT_] It appears that the portions of Judah and Simeon had not been cleared of the Canaanites, or that these were the parts which were now particularly invad...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The conquests of Judah_ 2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah's lot....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Judah said unto Simeon his brother_ The personification of a tribe or nation is common in O.T. idiom, e.g. Judges 11:17; Numbers 20:14; Joshua 17:14 etc.; hence the tribal traditions often take t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JUDAH SAID UNTO SIMEON HIS BROTHER, COME UP WITH ME INTO MY LOT, THAT WE MAY FIGHT AGAINST THE CANAANITES; AND I LIKEWISE WILL GO WITH THEE INTO THY LOT. SO SIMEON WENT WITH HIM._ Judah said unt...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Simeon] The towns of Simeon (Joshua 19:1) are also attributed to Judah (Joshua 15:26; Joshua 15:42). Later, Simeon ceases to exist as an independent tribe. MY LOT] Each tribe has had a part of Canaan...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    UNTO SIMEON HIS BROTHER. — Both Judah and Simeon were sons of Leah. It was natural that the two tribes should help one another, because their lots were conterminous; indeed, the lot of the Simeonites...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָה֩ לְ שִׁמְעֹ֨ון אָחִ֜יו ע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Judah said unto Simeon his (c) brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. (c) For the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Brother. They had the same mother, Lia, and were intermixed in the same country. The two tribes unite both for the public and their own private advantage. The king whom they attacked first, did not d...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JUDAH SAID UNTO SIMEON HIS BROTHER,.... The men of the tribe of Judah said to those of the tribe of Simeon, they being not only brethren by father's and mother's side, which was not the case of al...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. Ver. 3. _And Jud...

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

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    NEEDFUL; on account of their danger from false teachers. THE FAITH; the truths taught by Christ and his apostles. Ministers in addressing their people should select such subjects as are pertinent to...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Judah said unto Simeon, his brother, the tribe having its cities in the midst of the possession of Judah, Joshua 19:1, COME UP WITH ME INTO MY LOT, share my lot with me, join forces with me in thi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UNTO SIMEON HIS BROTHER; as nearest to him both by relation, being his brother by both parents, which few of them were; and by habitation, as appears from JOSHUA 19:1,2. AGAINST THE CANAANITES; specia...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 1:3 Judah H3063 said H559 (H8799) Simeon H8095 brother H251 up H5927 (H8798) territory H1486 fight...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To Simeon — As nearest to him both by relation, being his brother by both parents, and by habitation. The Canaanites — Specially so called, because they are distinguished from the Perizzites, Judges 1...

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