士師記 10:7-10 CUNPTS

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 10:8-18

2. Oppression under the Ammonites 10:8-18The Israelites felt the main influence of the Ammonites on the east side of the Jordan River that bordered Ammon (Judges 10:8). However the Ammonites also attacked the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim west of the Jordan (Judges 10:9).The Ammonite oppression lasted 18 years (Judges 10:8; evidently about 1123-1105 B.C.). Finally the Israelites confessed their sin of apostasy and cried out to God for deliverance (Judges 10:10; cf. Judges 3:9; cf.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:1-18

The Ammonite Oppression1-5. The Minor Judges, Tola and Jair.1. Defend] RV ’save.’ Tola] see on Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1. Shamir] unknown. Issachar appears at this time to have had no territory’ of its own. 3. Jair] see Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; 1 Kings 4:13. Gilead is the country E. of the Jordan to which Jephthah also belongs, and which was specially open to attack.4. Havoth-jair] i.e. tent-villages of Jair: cp. 1 Chronicles 2:22. 5. Camon] unknown.6-18. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:7

(7) The anger of the Lord.—For the phrases in this verse see Judges 2:14-20; Judges 3:8; comp. 1 Samuel 12:9.Of the Philistines.—Judges 3:31. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:8

(8) That year.—The narrative is evidently imperfect, as no year is specified.Vexed and oppressed.—This again is a paronomasia, or assonance, like “broke to yoke” in English,The land of the Amorites.—The kingdoms of Og and Sihon. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:9

(9) Moreover.—Rather, and. Eighteen years’ oppression of the Trans-jordanic tribes emboldened them to attack the others.Was sore distressed.—The same expression is used in Judges 2:19. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:10

(10) Cried unto the Lord.—Judges 6:6; 1 Samuel 12:10.And the Lord said.—The method of the Divine communication is not specified. A stern experience might have spoken to the national conviction with prophetic voice.From the Egyptians.—Exodus 1-14From the Amorites.—Numbers 21:3-21; Joshua 10:0From the children of Ammon.—Judges 3:13.From the Philistines.—Judges 3:31; 1 Samuel 12:9. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Judges 10:1-18

Judges 10:6 ; Judges 10:10 The dark and the bright sides of the history shift with a rapidity unknown in the latter times of the story 'The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,' and 'The children of Israel cried unto the Lord'. Never was there a better instance than in these two alternate sentences, ten times repeated, that we need not pronounce any age entirely bad or entirely good. Stanley. Judges 10:15 It is possibly to this passage that Luther was alluding loosely in the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

GILEAD AND ITS CHIEFJudges 10:1-18; Judges 11:1-11THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we learn first of the influence which the region called Gilead was coming to have in Hebrew development from the brief notice of a chief named Jair, who held the position of judge for twenty-two years. Tola, a man of Issachar, succeeded Abimelech, and Jair followed Tola. In the Book of Numbers we are informed that the children of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Judges 10:6-18

5. Fifth Declension: Under the Philistines and Ammon. Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon CHAPTER 10:6-18 1. The great declension (Judges 10:6-9 ) 2. Their cry and the Lord’s answer (Judges 10:10-14 ) 3. Confession and self-judgment (Judges 10:15-18 ) This is the greatest declension yet. They did evil again, served Baalim, Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, Zidon, Moab, Ammon and the Philistines. They were then sold by the Lord into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Judges 10:8

10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, {b} all the children of Israel that [were] on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which [is] in Gilead.(b) As the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 10:8-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:1-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 10:10

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Judges 10:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Judges 10:6-18

Geneva Study Bible - Judges 10:8

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