Judges 1:3-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 1:1-8

Here, I. The children of Israel consult the oracle of God for direction which of all the tribes should first attempt to clear their country of the Canaanites, and to animate and encourage the rest. It was after the death of Joshua. While he lived he directed them, and all the tribes were obedient to him, but when he died he left no successor in the same authority that he had; but the people must consult the breast-plate of judgment, and thence receive the word of command; for God himself, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 1:3

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother ,.... The men of the tribe of Judah said to those of the tribe of Simeon, they being not only brethren by father's and mother's side, which was not the case of all the sons of Jacob, but their possessions and inheritances lay near together; and indeed those of Simeon were within the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 19:1 ; so that as they lived in great nearness and familiarity with each other, their interests were closely united together: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 1:4

And Judah went up ,.... Simeon being along with him, from the southern parts of the land, where they dwelt, and went more northward towards Jerusalem, and which therefore is called a going up: and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands : into the hands of Judah and Simeon: the Canaanites here is not the common name of the seven nations, but the name of one of those nations, distinguished from the rest, as here from the Perizzites, who otherwise were also... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:3

Come up with me into my lot - It appears that the portions of Judah and Simeon had not been cleared of the Canaanites, or that these were the parts which were now particularly invaded. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 1:4

The Canaanites and the Perizzites - See Genesis 12:6, note; Genesis 13:7, note. Bezek may be the name of a district. It has not yet been identified. read more

Joseph Benson

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

Judges 1:3. Judah said unto Simeon As nearest to him, both by relation, being his brother by both parents, and by habitation. Come up with me against the Canaanites Which people, with the Perizzites, still possessed a considerable part of the lot which fell to Judah. And I will likewise go with thee To drive the Canaanites out of that part of the country which was the portion of Simeon. So Simeon went with him They joined their forces together in this expedition, under the conduct, no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 1:4

Judges 1:4. Judah went up The people of that tribe were principally concerned in this expedition, and therefore are only mentioned, though those of the tribe of Simeon went up with them. And the Lord delivered, &c. We meet with no such pious expression (which occurs often here) in any heathen writer. In them every success is attributed to the conduct and valour of the generals, or the strength and courage of the forces; but in the Scriptures every success is attributed to God only. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 1:1-36

1:1-2:10 SUMMARY OF JOSHUA’S CONQUESTIsrael’s incomplete conquest (1:1-36)The writer of the book is concerned with events ‘after the death of Joshua’ (see 1:1), but before describing these events he gives a background to them by outlining Israel’s conquest of Canaan under Joshua. First, he summarizes the attack led by Judah and Simeon in the southern part of the central highlands (1:1-7; see notes on Joshua 10:1-43).Jerusalem was among the highland towns that Joshua captured. Later, however, it... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 1:4

Judges 1:4. In Bezek— Bezek was a city of the tribe of Judah, and is thought to have been at a small distance from Bethlehem and Jerusalem. See 1Sa 11:8 and Wells's Geogr. vol. 2: read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 1:3

3. Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me . . ., that we may fight against the Canaanites—Being conterminous tribes (Joshua 19:1; Joshua 19:2), they had a common interest, and were naturally associated in this enterprise. Joshua 19:2- :. ADONI-BEZEK JUSTLY REQUITED. read more

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