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Verse Judges 3:29. _ALL LUSTY, AND ALL MEN OF VALOUR_] Picked, chosen
troops, which Eglon kept among the Israelites to reduce and overawe
them....
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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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_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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ALL LUSTY— The word שׁמן _shamen,_ rendered _lusty,_ signifies,
properly, one that _abounds in_ strength, robust, strong: so the
Vulgate, _robustos._ The word in the next verse rendered _subdued,_
is,...
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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 THEY SLEW OF MOAB AT THAT TIME ABOUT TEN THOUSAND MEN, ALL LUSTY,
AND ALL MEN OF VALOUR; AND THERE ESCAPED NOT A MAN._
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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AT THAT TIME. — Apparently in the first surprise of the Moabite
forces and garrisons.
ALL LUSTY. — Literally, _every fat man and every soldier of
strength,_ the word being the same as that used in Ju...
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וַ יַּכּ֨וּ אֶת ־מֹואָ֜ב בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ
הִ֗יא כַּ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ
כָּל...
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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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_Strong. Hebrew literally, "the fatness," denoting what is most
excellent, Psalm xxi. 30., and lxxvii. 31. (Calmet) --- Eglon would
have his chief nobility and most valiant soldiers round his person....
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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 THEY SLEW OF MOAB AT THAT TIME ABOUT TEN THOUSAND MEN,.... Who had
been sent into the land of Israel to keep it in subjection, or had
settled themselves there for their better convenience, profit,...
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_And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty,
and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man._
Ver. 29. _All lusty._] _Heb., _ Fat and succulent. Tremellius
rendereth it,...
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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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LUSTY:
_ Heb._ fat...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 3:29 time H6256 killed H5221 (H8686) ten H6235 thousand H505
men H376 Moab H4124 stout H8082 men H376 valor H2428 man H376 escaped
H4422 (H8738)
lusty - Heb. fat, Judges 3:17; Deuteronomy 32:1...
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‘ And they slew of Moab at that time about ten eleph men, every
lusty man and every man of valour. And there escaped not a man.'
Ten military units of men (five hundred upwards) who were there as
gua...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:15; Job 15:27; Judges 3:17; Psalms 17:10...