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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:29

Judges 11:29. The Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah The people had chosen him for their leader, and promised to continue him their chief governor, as they had already made him; and now God publicly declares his approbation of their choice; and appoints him their judge, as he had others before, (Judges 3:10,) by endowing him with an extraordinary measure of courage and wisdom, and all other qualities necessary to render him fit to be a ruler of his people. He passed over Manasseh That... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:31

Judges 11:31. Shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt- offering Dr. Waterland translates it, shall be consecrated to the Lord, or, I will offer it, &c. “It is very evident,” says Dr. Dodd, “that this translation of Dr. Waterland must be right, because it was impossible that Jephthah should mean to offer for a burnt-offering whatever came forth of the doors of his house to meet him, since it was possible for him to have been met by several things which it... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:33

Judges 11:33. Till thou come to Minnith A place not far from Rabbah, the chief city of the Ammonites. The children of Ammon were subdued before Israel It does not appear that Jephthah offered to take possession of their country. Though the attempt of others to wrong us will justify us in the defence of our own right, yet it will not authorize us to do them wrong. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:34-35

Judges 11:34-35. Behold his daughter came out to meet him In concert with other virgins, as the manner was. Alas, my daughter! thou art one of them that trouble me Before this I was troubled by my brethren, and since by the Ammonites, and now most of all, though but occasionally, by thee. I have opened my mouth That is, I have vowed. I cannot go back That is, not retract my vow; I am indispensably obliged to perform it. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:36

Judges 11:36. Do to me according, &c. Do not for my sake make thyself a transgressor; I freely give my consent to thy vow. Forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance, &c. What a generous, noble, and pious answer is this of this virgin! It expresses such a noble love for her country, such true piety and filial obedience, as can scarcely be exceeded. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:37

Judges 11:37. That I may go up and down upon the mountains Which she chose as a solitary place, and therefore fittest for lamentation. Bewail That I shall die childless, which was esteemed both a curse and a disgrace for the Israelites, because such were excluded from that great privilege of increasing the holy seed, and contributing to the birth of the Messiah. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:39

Judges 11:39. Did with her That Jephthah’s daughter was not sacrificed, but only devoted to perpetual virginity, appears, 1st, From Judges 11:37-38, where we read that she bewailed, not her death, which had been the chief cause of lamentation, if that had been vowed, but her virginity; 2d, From this verse, where, after the sacred writer had said, that he did with her according to his vow; he adds, by way of declaration of the matter of that vow, and she knew no man. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:40

Judges 11:40. The daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah The Hebrew word לתנות , lethannoth, here rendered, to lament, occurs nowhere else in Scripture, but Judges 5:11, where it is rendered rehearse, or celebrate, namely, There shall they rehearse, says Deborah, the righteous acts of the Lord, surely not lament them. And the word might certainly be much more properly rendered to celebrate, or talk with, here, than to lament. Buxtorf... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 11:1-40

Jephthah and five other judges (10:1-12:15)Little is known of the political or military activities of the judges Tola and Jair. They both exercised power for lengthy periods, and Jair’s family certainly enjoyed considerable power and prestige among the East Jordan tribes (10:1-5).Again the Israelites turned away from Yahweh and worshipped false gods, and again they were punished. The Ammonites conquered the eastern tribes, crossed Jordan, and seized large portions of Israelite territory in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 11:29

the Spirit. Hebrew. ruach (feminine.) See App-9 . unto. This word is read in the text of some codices with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:34-35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:36

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:37

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:39

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:40

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 11:1-40

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 11:29

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