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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:10

And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord ,.... In this their distress, seeing nothing but ruin and destruction before their eyes, their land being invaded by such powerful enemies in different quarters; this opened their eyes to a sense of their sins, the cause of it, and brought them to a confession of them: saying, we have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim ; had been guilty not only of sins of omission, neglecting the pure of God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:11

And the Lord said unto the children of Israel ,.... By a prophet he sent unto them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, see Judges 6:8 , whom Ben Gersom takes to be Phinehas, but he could not be living at this time; or by an angel, a created one, sent on this occasion; or the uncreated one, the Son and Word of God, who might appear in an human form, and to whom all that is here said is applicable: did not I deliver you from the Egyptians ; by bringing them out of subjection and bondage to them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:12

The Zidonians also ,.... Who were left in the land to distress them, though there is no particular mention of them, and of the distress they gave them, and of their deliverance from it, which yet is not at all to be questioned: and the Amalekites ; both quickly after they came out of Egypt, Exodus 17:13 and when they were come into the land of Canaan, joining the Moabites and the Midianites against them, Judges 3:13 . and the Maonites did oppress you ; meaning either the old... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:13

Ye have forsaken me, and served other gods ,.... Since they had been so remarkably saved, time after time, and delivered from so many powerful enemies, which was dreadful ingratitude: wherefore I will deliver you no more ; which is not to be understood absolutely, since after this he did deliver them, but conditionally, unless they repented of their idolatries, and forsook them. This is said to bring them to a sense of their sin and danger. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen ,.... For they were their choice, and not what they were obliged to serve through persecution, and by compulsion of others, and whom they needed not, having the Lord Jehovah to be their God; and they are bid not seriously, but in an ironical or sarcastic way, to call upon them for help in this their time of distress, in whose power it was not to relieve them: let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation ; if they can, whom you have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:15

And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, we have sinned ,.... By serving other gods particularly; and they seemed to have a true sense of their sin, and their confessions of it to be ingenuous, by what follows: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee ; inflict what punishment he would upon them, as famine or pestilence, they could not but own it would be just and righteous, and what their sins deserved: deliver us only, we pray thee, this day ; out of the hands of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:16

And they put away the strange gods from among them ,.... Which was an evidence of the truth of their repentance, and showed their confessions and humiliations to be genuine: and served the Lord ; and him only, both in private and public; in the observance of duties, both moral and ceremonial; in an attendance on the service of the sanctuary, and by offering sacrifices to God there, according to his will: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel ; which is to be understood... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:17

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together ,.... By a crier, as Jarchi; they had passed over Jordan, as in Judges 10:9 and had been distressing three of the tribes of Israel on that side; but now being informed, by an herald at arms, that the children of Israel, on the other side Jordan, were risen up in defence of their country, rights, and liberties, the children of Ammon came back and crossed over Jordan again: and encamped in Gilead ; in the land of Gilead, part of which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:18

And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another ,.... Being thus assembled and encamped: what man is he that will begin to fight with the children of Ammon ? for though the forces were assembled together for battle, yet it seems they had no general to command them, and lead them on to it: he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead , this they ordered to be proclaimed, to encourage some person to take the command of them, and go before them to battle, promising him... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:4

He had thirty sons , etc. - It appears that there was both peace and prosperity during the time that Jair governed Israel; he had, it seems, provided for his family, and given a village to each of his thirty sons; which were, in consequence, called Havoth Jair or the villages of Jair. Their riding on thirty ass colts seems to intimate that they were persons of consideration, and kept up a certain dignity in their different departments. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:4

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