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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:1-31

Judges 3:7 . The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves. So is the French. אשׁרות asheroth; rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin versions, lucis, light. The sense seems to be a revolt to Sabianism, or the worship of the hosts of heaven, as on Job 1:15. Jeremiah 7:18. Judges 3:8 . King of Mesopotamia. Meso is middle or lying between the river Euphrates and the Tigris, and Potamia is river. The king of this country was without doubt the king of Nineveh, whose conquests... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 3:1-5

Judges 3:1-5The nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them.The trial and chastisement of an unfaithful peopleI. It was God’s own thought to put them to the proof.1. Far otherwise were the thoughts of the nations.(1) When Israel was strong their thoughts were of alliances.(2) When Israel became weak their thoughts were of conquest and revenge.2. The nations could do nothing without God’s permission.3. This proving of character was done out of respect to His covenant.(1) God acted by... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 3:2

Jdg 3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Ver. 2. Might know, to teach them war. ] At their own costs and to their damage, say some, that they might experiment what an evil and bitter thing war is; called therefore "evil" by an antonomasia Isa 45:7 Others sense it thus; Those nations were left, that Israel might not rust through long rest, but have occasion to train up their children in martial... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 3:2

might know: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, 2 Chronicles 12:8, Matthew 10:34-Malachi :, John 16:33, 1 Corinthians 9:26, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Ephesians 6:11-Job :, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 4:7 to teach: Their fathers fought by a divine power. God taught their hands to war and their fingers to fight, that they might be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour, they must learn what it is to... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 3:2

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;Teach them war — That by the neighbourhood of such warlike enemies, they might be purged from sloth and security, and obliged them to innure themselves to martial exercises, and to stand continually upon their guard, and consequently to keep close to that God whose assistance they had so great and constant need of. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:2

2. Only that This verse defines more fully the purpose of God in leaving the heathen nations to prove Israel. The mind of the writer reverts to the word left, in the previous verse, and the grammatical connexion is, left, only that the generations… might know. That is, they were left for the further discipline of Israel, that Israel might experience and realize what could be learned in no other way. To teach them war This clause also depends on left in the previous verse. The... read more