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Verse Judges 6:3. _CHILDREN OF THE EAST_] Probably those who inhabited
Arabia Deserta, Ishmaelites....
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4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_
2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7)
3. Gideon, the deliv...
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THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE MIDIANITES. D, whose phrases occur in Judges
6:1 f., Judges 6:6, sees in the ebb and flow of Israel's fortune an
index of their moral and spiritual condition. National sufferin...
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_The Midianite oppression_
1 _._The Deuteronomic editor introduces a fresh subject in his
accustomed manner: cf. Judges 2:11; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:7; Judge
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_the Amalekites_ Hereditary foes of Israel, Exodus 17:8 ff.; see on
Judges 3:13. The _children of the East_were Bedouin from the desert E.
of Moab and Ammon; see Jeremiah 49:28;...
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CHILDREN OF THE EAST— _Children of Kedem, i.e. Ishmaelites._ Hiller.
Onomastic, p. 534....
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Gideon of Manasseh and Abimelech Judges 6:1 to Judges 9:57
_Midian Oppresses Israel Judges 6:1-10_
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the
Lord delivered them into the h...
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_AND SO IT WAS, WHEN ISRAEL HAD SOWN, THAT THE MIDIANITES CAME UP, AND
THE AMALEKITES, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE EAST, EVEN THEY CAME UP
AGAINST THEM;_
The Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and t...
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GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES
The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is
more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details,
it would appear that different traditi...
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AMALEKITES] see on Judges 3:13. CHILDREN OF THE EAST] other tribes
living on the borders of the eastern desert....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most
important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the
ideal judge like Mose...
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WHEN ISRAEL HAD SOWN. — The invasions of these Arab tribes were of
the most crushing and irritating kind. Living in idleness and
marauding expeditions, they let the Israelites sow their corn, and
came...
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וְ הָיָ֖ה אִם ־זָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ
עָלָ֨ה
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THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH
Judges 6:1
JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned
into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in
its true ca...
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AT THE MERCY OF MIDIAN
Judges 5:24; Judges 6:1
What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord
and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influence
of their li...
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After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment.
The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of
the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
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When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into
the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and
Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
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Amalec was formerly widely dispersed through Arabia. Some dwelt to the
south of the promised land, Exodus xvii., Numbers xiii. 3., 1 Kings
xv. 6., and xxxi. 1. But these inhabited the eastern countrie...
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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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But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel
cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
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AND SO IT WAS, WHEN ISRAEL HAD SOWN,.... Their land, and it was grown
up, and near being ripe, or quite; for the Midianites gave them no
disturbance in the winter, and during seedtime, when they came...
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And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up,
and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up
against them;
Ver. 3. _And so it was, when Israel had sown._] T...
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_The children of the east_ Probably the Ishmaelites, or Arabians,
especially the eastern part of them. _Unto Gaza_ That is, from the
east, on which side they entered, to the west, where Gaza was, near...
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1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian.
8 A prophet rebuketh them.
11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyet...
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And so it was, when Israel had sown, prepared the fields for harvest,
THAT THE MIDIANITES CAME UP, AND THE AMALEKITES, the other tribe which
was especially hostile to Israel, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE E...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN...
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THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN
(vv.1-10)
However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord.
This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression
which lasted seven years...
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1-6 Israel's sin was renewed, and Israel's troubles were repeated. Let
all that sin expect to suffer. The Israelites hid themselves in dens
and caves; such was the effect of a guilty conscience. Sin d...
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THE CHILDREN OF THE EAST, i.e. the Arabians, who are commonly called
_the children of the east_, as GENESIS 29:1 JUDGES 8:10,11 JOB 1:3
EZEKIEL 25:4. Not all the Arabians, for in that were many and di...
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Judges 6:3 Israel H3478 sown H2232 (H8804) Midianites H4080 up H5927
(H8804) Amalekites H6002 people H1121 East...
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‘ And so it was, that when Israel had sown, the Midianites used to
come up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east. They used
to come up against them.'
The land was seen as an easy target wi...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon,
prophet, Joash.
CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest
ser...
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Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the
descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for
seven years. Genesis 25:2.
Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
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_Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
_. .. _ and caves and strongholds._
DIVINE PUNISHMENT THROUGH NATURAL MEANS
Thus God gets at men through various means. The Midian...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought
the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions
(Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:2 The Midianites oppressed the Israelites so
greatly that they were forced to live in DENS and CAVES, and they
couldn’t harvest their CROPS....
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_ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES.
Judges 6:1_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:1. DID EVIL, etc.] Not _continued_ to do
evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186). Deborah...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 6:1
MIDIAN. In Numbers 22:7 we read of the Midianites as allied with the
Moabites in their hostility to the children of Israel, and we find
them willing agents of Balaam s iniquitou...
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So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,
AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the
han...
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1 Kings 4:30; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:51; Genesis 29:1;...
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Children of the east — That is, the Arabians, who are commonly
called the children of the east. Not all the Arabians; but the eastern
part of them....