士師記 3:5-16 JCB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:12

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ,.... Fell into idolatry again, which was a great evil in the sight of God, and what they were prone to fall into: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel ; put it into his heart to invade them, and encouraged him to it, and gave him success; what kings reigned over Moab between Balak and this king we know not: it is a commonly received notion of the Jews, that Ruth was the daughter of Eglon; see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:13

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek ,.... Either the Lord gathered them to Eglon, inclined them to enter into a confederacy with him, to assist in the war against Israel; or the king of Moab got them to join with him in it, they being his neighbours, and enemies to Israel, and especially Amalek: and went and smote Israel ; first the two tribes and a half, which lay on that side Jordan Moab did, whom it is reasonable to suppose he would attack first; and having... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:14

So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. Ten years longer than they served the king of Mesopotamia, Judges 3:8 , as a severer correction of them for their relapse into idolatry. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:15

But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord ,.... After being long oppressed, and groaning under their burdens, and brought to a sense of their sins, and humiliation for them, they asked forgiveness of God, and deliverance from their bondage; for it is very probable they were until towards the close of those years stupid and hardened, and did not consider what was the reason of their being thus dealt with: the Lord raised them up a deliverer ; another saviour, one that he made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:16

But Ehud made him a dagger, which had two edges, of a cubit length ,.... A little sword, as Josephus calls it F25 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2.) , with two edges, that it might cut both ways, and do the execution he designed by it, and was about half a yard long; which he could the more easily conceal, and use for his purpose: and he did gird it under his raiment ; that it might not be seen, and give occasion of suspicion; this was a military garment, the "sagum", as the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:6

And they took their daughters - They formed matrimonial alliances with those proscribed nations, served their idols, and thus became one with them in politics and religion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:7

Served Baalim and the groves - No groves were ever worshipped, but the deities who were supposed to be resident in them; and in many cases temples and altars were built in groves, and the superstition of consecrating groves and woods to the honor of the deities was a practice very usual with the ancients. Pliny assures us that trees, in old times, served for the temples of the gods. Tacitus reports this custom of the old Germans; Quintus Curtius, of the Indians; and Caesar, and our... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:8

Chushan-rishathaim - Kushan, the wicked or impious; and so the word is rendered by the Chaldee Targum, the Syriac, and the Arabic, wherever it occurs in this chapter. King of Mesopotamia - King of נהרים ארם Aram naharayim , "Syria of the two rivers;" translated Mesopotamia by the Septuagint and Vulgate. It was the district situated between the Tigris and Euphrates, called by the Arabian geographers Maverannaher, "the country beyond the river," it is now called Diarbek. See the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:9

Raised up - Othniel , the son of Kenaz - This noble Hebrew was of the tribe of Judah, and nephew and son-in-law to Caleb, whose praise stands without abatement in the sacred records. Othniel had already signalized his valor in taking Kirjath-sepher, which appears to have been a very hazardous exploit. By his natural valor, experience in war, and the peculiar influence of the Divine Spirit, he was well qualified to inspire his countrymen with courage, and to lead them successfully... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:10

His hand prevailed - We are not told or what nature this war was, but it was most decisive; and the consequence was an undisturbed peace of forty years, during the whole life of Othniel. By the Spirit of the Lord coming upon him, the Chaldee understands the spirit of prophecy; others understand the spirit of fortitude and extraordinary courage, as opposed to the spirit of fear or faintness of heart; but as Othniel was judge, and had many offices to fulfill besides that of a general, he... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:10

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