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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:27

Beth-shean - Called by the Septuagint Σκυθωνπολις , Scythopolis, or the city of the Scythians. On these towns see the notes, Joshua 17:12-13 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:29

Neither did Ephraim - See the notes on the parallel passages, Joshua 16:5-10 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:30

Neither did Zebulun drive out - See on Joshua 19:10-15 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:31

Neither did Asher - See on Joshua 19:24-31 ; (note). Accho - Supposed to be the city of Ptolemais, near to Mount Carmel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:33

Neither did Naphtali - See the notes on Joshua 19:32-39 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:34

The Amorites forced the children of Dan , etc. - Just as the ancient Britons were driven into the mountains of Wales by the Romans; and the native Indians driven back into the woods by the British settlers in America. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:35

The Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres - They perhaps agreed to dwell in the mountainous country, being unable to maintain themselves on the plain, and yet were so powerful that the Danites could not totally expel them; they were, however, laid under tribute, and thus the house of Joseph had the sovereignty. The Septuagint have sought out a literal meaning for the names of several of these places, and they render the verse thus: "And the Amorites began to dwell in the mount of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:36

Akrabbim - Of scorpions; probably so called from the number of those animals in that place. From the rock , and upward - The Vulgate understands by סלע sela , a rock, the city Petra, which was the capital of Arabia Petraea. The whole of this chapter appears to be designed as a sort of supplement to those places in the book of Joshua which are referred to in the notes and in the margin; nor is there any thing in it worthy of especial remark. We everywhere see the same fickle... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 1:22

Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 1:26

The site of this new Luz is not known, but “the land of the Hittites” was apparently in the north of Palestine, on the borders of Syria (Genesis 10:15 note). read more

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