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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:30

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten ,.... Not after his victories, for it is plain he had children before; mention is made of Jether, his firstborn, as a youth able to draw a sword, and slay with it, Judges 8:20 but this was the number of all his sons, both before and after, and a large number it was; and the phrase "of his body begotten", or "that went out of his thigh" is used to show that they were his own sons, begotten in wedlock, and not sons that he had taken into his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:31

And his concubine that was in Shechem ,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as proper wives, had not the management of household affairs, only a share in the bed, and their children did not inherit. This concubine of Gideon's seems not to have been taken into his house at all, but lived at Shechem, perhaps in her father's house, and here Gideon met with her when he went to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:32

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age ,.... Having lived it seems forty years after his war with Midian, blessed with a large family, much wealth and riches, great credit and esteem among his people, and in favour with God and men: and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites ; a city which belonged to the family of the Abiezrites, who were of the tribe of Manasseh, in which Gideon lived, and his father before him; and where there was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:33

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again ,.... from God, and the pure worship of him, to idolatry: and went a whoring after Baalim ; the gods of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, the several Baals of other nations, the lords many which they served; these they committed spiritual whoredom with; that is, idolatry: particularly and made Baalberith their god; which was the idol of the Shechemites, as appears from a temple being built at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:34

And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God ,.... Or, as the Targum, the worship of the Lord their God; they forgot him, and forsook him, which showed base ingratitude: who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies on every side ; not only out of the hands of Midian, but all other nations round about them, as Edom, Moab, Ammon, &c.; not one attempting to oppress them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:35

Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon ,.... But, on the contrary, great unkindness and cruelty, slaying his seventy sons, as related in the following chapter: according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel ; in exposing his life to danger for their sake, in delivering them out of the hands of their oppressors, in administering justice to them, in protecting them in their civil and religious liberties, and leaving them in the quiet and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:22

Rule thou over us , both thou , and thy son , and thy son ' s son - That is, Become our king, and let the crown be hereditary in thy family. What a weak, foolish, and inconstant people were these! As yet their government was a theocracy; and now, dazzled with the success of a man who was only an instrument in the hands of God to deliver them from their enemies, they wish to throw off the Divine yoke, and shackle themselves with an unlimited hereditary monarchy! An... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:23

The Lord shall rule over you - Few with such power at their command would have acted as Gideon. His speech calls them back to their first principles, and should have excited in them both shame and contrition. How different is this speech from that of Oliver Cromwell when the commons offered him the crown of England! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:24

Give me every man the ear-rings of his prey - The spoils taken from their enemies in this warfare. This is a transaction very like to that of the Israelites and Aaron; when they brought him their golden ear-rings, out of which he made the molten calf, Exodus 32:2 , etc. Whether Gideon designed this ephod for an instrument of worship, or merely as a trophy, is not very clear. It is most likely that he had intended to establish a place of worship at Ophrah; and he took this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:26

The weight of the golden ear-rings - was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold - Taking the shekel at half an ounce weight, the sum of the gold collected in ear-rings was seventy pounds ten ounces; and worth, as gold now rates, about £3,100 sterling. This computation of the weight of the golden ear-rings, taken from the slaughtered Ishmaelites, will bring to the reader's mind the slaughter of the Roman knights by the Carthaginians at the battle of Cannae,... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 8:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 8:26

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