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Verse Judges 3:22. _THE HAFT ALSO WENT IN AFTER THE BLADE_] As the
instrument was very _short_, and Eglon very _corpulent_, this might
readily take place.
_AND THE DIRT CAME OUT_] This is variously u...
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The King James Version and margin give different explanations of the
last words of this verse. Others explain it of a vestibule or chamber,
through which Ehud passed into the porch where the entrance...
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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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HAFT. handle. Hebrew. _nizzab,_ occurs only here....
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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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SO THAT HE COULD NOT DRAW THE DAGGER—AND THE DIRT CAME OUT— The
Hebrew word rendered _dirt_ is found only here. It is after the
Chaldee that we render it _dirt_ or _excrement._ This account is so
shor...
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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 EHUD PUT FORTH HIS LEFT HAND, AND TOOK THE DAGGER FROM HIS RIGHT
THIGH, AND THRUST IT INTO HIS BELLY:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES....
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THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR
1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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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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THE HAFT ALSO WENT IN AFTER THE BLADE. — The tremendous violence of
the blow marks that resoluteness of character which Ehud shows
throughout. The Hebrew for “blade” is “flame,” as the LXX.
here rende...
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וַ יָּבֹ֨א גַֽם ־הַ נִּצָּ֜ב אַחַ֣ר הַ
לַּ֗הַב וַ יִּסְגֹּ֤ר הַ חֵ֨לֶב֙
בְּעַ֣ד הַ...
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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 repro...
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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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CHAPTER III.
_ With, &c. Hebrew [and] Protestants, "And the haft also went in after
the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not
draw the dagger out of his belly, and the dirt c...
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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 THE HAFT WENT IN, AFTER THE BLADE,.... The handle of the dagger,
as well as the blade; so strong and violent was the thrust, he
determining to do his business effectually;
AND THE FAT CLOSED UPON...
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_And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon
the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and
the dirt came out._
Ver. 22. _And the dirt came out._] Which...
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_And the dirt came out_ The Hebrew word פרשׁדנה, _parschedona_,
here translated _dirt_, is found only in this place. It is from the
Chaldee that it is thus rendered, and all agree that it signifies th...
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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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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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DIRT CAME OUT:
Or, it came out at the fundament...
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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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i.e. His excrements came forth, not at the wound, which closed up, but
at the fundament, as is usual when persons die either a natural or
violent death....
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Judges 3:22 hilt H5325 in H935 (H8799) after H310 blade H3851 fat
H2459 closed H5462 (H8799) over H1157 blade H3851 draw H8025 (H8804)
dagger H2719 belly H990 entrails H6574 out H3318 (H8799)
the dir...
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‘ And the haft also went in, after the blade, and the fat closed on
the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came
out behind.'
The powerful thrust went straight through the f...
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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 d...
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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 stories of 12
judges rais...
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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, Deuteronomy 2:37; Judges 10:6, Judges
10:11, Judges 10:17, etc.). Sometim...
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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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Judges 3:22...