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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 3:1-31

Chapter 3Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel ( Judges 3:1 ),There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amorites that God left, six nations.And verse six,The children of Israel took their daughters ( Judges 3:6 )That is of the Canaanites, the Hitites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.They took their daughters to be their wives, and they gave their daughters to their... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

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 3:12-30

Judges 3:12-30The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel.Sin--suffering; penitence and deliverance repeatedI. New sin added: “Again”1. A painful surprise.2. Deeper guilt. It showed more deliberation in the act of rebellion, more stubborness of will, and greater defiance of the Divine authority. It also implied the heavy guilt of despising all the argument involved in the close and faithful dealing God had with them, in the terrible chastisements He had already brought down on... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 3:28

Jdg 3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. Ver. 28. And he said unto them, Follow after me. ] This was captain-like spoken. Caesar never said to his soldiers, Ite, Go ye, but Venite, Come along: I will lead you, neither shall ye go farther than ye have me before you. Hannibal was wont to be first in the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 3:28

Follow: Judges 4:10, Judges 7:17 the Lord: Judges 7:9, Judges 7:15, 1 Samuel 17:47 the fords: Judges 12:5, Joshua 2:7 Reciprocal: Judges 7:24 - take before 1 Kings 20:21 - went out read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Judges 3:28

And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.Fords of Jordan — Where they passed over Jordan, that neither the Moabites that were got into Canaan, might escape, nor any more Moabites come over Jordan to their succour. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 3:28

28. Took the fords of Jordan toward Moab That is, the fords by which the Moabites stationed at Jericho must pass to escape to their own land, on the east of the Jordan. Eglon occupied Jericho, and had built a palace there, (see note on Judges 3:13.) and had ten thousand men (Judges 3:29) with him. It was of the first importance for the Israelites to get possession of these fords, and thus cut off the retreat of the Moabite army to the eastern side of the Jordan. read more

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