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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:3

‘ And so it was, that when Israel had sown, the Midianites used to come up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east. They used to come up against them.’ The land was seen as an easy target with no strong defenders to prevent their marauding. Their aim was partly booty, including cattle and wealth, but partly revenge, for they came to destroy the crops not to make use of them. Another reason for this latter, however, would be to keep the land weak. They ‘came up’ because they came up... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:4

‘ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth as far as Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.’ They took up temporary residence over a wide area ‘as far as Gaza’, where they came to a stop because they came up against the Philistines. And they did it for the purpose of burning the crops, vines and olives and stealing the livestock. Thus a large part of central Israel was affected, and probably some Philistine territory. But the main... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:1-6

Judges 6:1-Joshua : . The Depredations of the Midianites.— D, whose phrases occur in Judges 6:1 f., Judges 6:6, sees in the ebb and flow of Israel’ s fortune an index of their moral and spiritual condition. National suffering he regards as the punishment of national sin; the hand of Midian is in a sense the hand of God; yet, while he blames, he cannot help sympathising. Judges 6:2 . Dens, caves, and mountain fastnesses were the only refuges for peaceful citizens, fleeing in terror from hearth... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 6:3

The children of the east, i.e. the Arabians, who are commonly called the children of the east, as Genesis 29:1; Judges 8:10,Judges 8:11; Job 1:3; Ezekiel 25:4. Not all the Arabians, for in that were many and divers people; but in the eastern part of Arabia. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 6:4

Till thou come unto Gaza, i.e. from the east, on which side they entered, to the west, where Gaza was near the sea; so they destroyed the whole land. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 6:1-10

ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES. Judges 6:1-10CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:1. Did evil, etc.] Not continued to do evil, though that is implied (pp. 158, 186). Deborah and Barak were now dead, and their personal example, the influence of their names, and their warning voices were all buried with them. The shake given to the idolatry of the land by the signal manifestation made of Jehovah’s jealousy had now lost its effect, and a new generation had sprung up. That... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were robbing all around; he had the patriot's wide sympathy. (2) He was a man also of the strongest common sense, accustomed to look through words to things, and to look the facts of life fair in the face. (3) He was a man of abundant personal valour, but yet unwilling to move a step until he was sure... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Judges 6:4-22

One War Over and Another Begun by C H Spurgeon Sermon on Judges 6:4-22 “ And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom ” (Judges 6:4-22 ). These Midianites were wandering Bedouins from Arabia, and from the East country round about... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Chapter 6So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: because of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 6:1-40

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham’s fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3 . The children of the east, with Amalek, bloody Amalek and Midian. Some of Moab, of Ammon, and Ishmael, sister nations, leagued for death and hell. This invasion of plunder, war, and murder, extended from the Jordan to Gaza, and shows us by its characters what is in the heart of man. They brought their cattle,... read more