Judges 3:1-5 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 3:3

Lords - Seranim, a title used exclusively of the princes of the five Philistine cities. The title is probably of Phoenician origin.Joshua appears to have smitten and subdued the Hivites as far north as Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7, but no further Joshua 13:5. There was an unsubdued Hivite population to the north of Baal-hermon (probably Baal-Gad under Hermon, since it is not synonymous with Hermon; see 1 Chronicles 5:23), to the entering in of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:1

Judges 3:1. Now these are the nations, &c. The sacred historian having declared, in general, that God did not judge it proper to drive out all the Canaanites, because he intended to try the fidelity and zeal of his people in his service, proceeds now to enumerate the particular nations which remained unsubdued. As many as had not known all the wars of Canaan That is, such as were born since the conclusion of the wars, or were but infants during their continuance, and therefore had no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:2

Judges 3:2. Only that the generations, &c. Le Clerc and some other versions, instead of only put and, this seeming to be a new and additional reason alleged why God left some of the Canaanitish nations in the land, namely, that the Israelites might be inured to war and hardship, and thereby be preserved from sinking into sloth and luxury; and that by the neighbourhood of such warlike enemies, and a knowledge of the danger they were in from them, they might never be carnally secure,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:3

Judges 3:3. Five lords of the Philistines See Joshua 13:2-3, and Judges 1:18, where it appears that three of them had been, in some measure, subdued, but had now recovered their country again, in consequence of the slothful conduct of the Israelites. All the Canaanites Properly so called, who were very numerous, and dispersed through several parts of the land, whence they gave denomination to all the rest of the people. Sidonians The people living near Zidon, and subject to its... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:4

Judges 3:4. To prove Israel That their piety and faithfulness to the one living and true God might appear, if they did not imitate these nations, and relapse into idolatry, and their baseness and degeneracy if they did. To know whether they would hearken That is, that they themselves and others might know by experience. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 3:1-6

2:11-16:31 RULE OF THE JUDGESPattern of judgment and deliverance (2:11-3:6)When the people of Israel rejected God and began to worship Baal and other gods, God punished them. He allowed them to fall under the power of foreign tribes and nations who seized their property and ruled them cruelly (11-15). When, after many years of suffering, the people finally turned again to God, God gave them deliverers who overthrew the enemy and restored independence to Israel. But as soon as they were living... read more

E.W. Bullinger

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 3:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 3:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 3:1-6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 3:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 3:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 3:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 3:5

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