Judges 10:11-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 10:10-18

Here is, I. A humble confession which Israel make to God in their distress, Jdg. 10:10. Now they own themselves guilty, like a malefactor upon the rack, and promise reformation, like a child under the rod. They not only complain of the distress, but acknowledge it is their own sin that has brought them into the distress; therefore God is righteous, and they have no reason to repine. They confess their omissions, for in them their sin began??We have forsaken our God,? and their commissions??We... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:11

And the Lord said unto the children of Israel ,.... By a prophet he sent unto them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, see Judges 6:8 , whom Ben Gersom takes to be Phinehas, but he could not be living at this time; or by an angel, a created one, sent on this occasion; or the uncreated one, the Son and Word of God, who might appear in an human form, and to whom all that is here said is applicable: did not I deliver you from the Egyptians ; by bringing them out of subjection and bondage to them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 10:12

The Zidonians also ,.... Who were left in the land to distress them, though there is no particular mention of them, and of the distress they gave them, and of their deliverance from it, which yet is not at all to be questioned: and the Amalekites ; both quickly after they came out of Egypt, Exodus 17:13 and when they were come into the land of Canaan, joining the Moabites and the Midianites against them, Judges 3:13 . and the Maonites did oppress you ; meaning either the old... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 10:11

And the Lord said - By what means these reproofs were conveyed to the Israelites, we know not: it must have been by an angel, a prophet, or some holy man inspired for the occasion. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 10:11

(See the marginal references). The Israelites were delivered from the “Egyptians” at the Exodus; from the “Amorites” in the victories over Sihon, and Og, and the five kings of the Amorites Joshua 10:5; from the “children of Ammon” by Ehud; and from the “Philistines,” by the hand of Shamgar (compare 1 Samuel 12:9). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 10:12

The Zidonians - An allusion to the time of Barak, when the Zidonians doubtless formed part of the great confederacy of Canaanites under Jabin king of Hazor. See Joshua 11:8.The Amalekites - In the time of Gideon (marginal reference).The Maonites - Probably one of the tribes of the “children of the East,” who came with the Midianites and Amalekites in the time of Gideon, and may have been conspicuous for their hostility to Israel, and for the greatness of their discomfiture, though the record... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:11

Judges 10:11. The Lord said unto Israel Either by some prophet whom he raised up, and sent for this purpose, or by the high-priest consulting God for them by Urim and Thummim. For we find that the Israelites, notwithstanding their idolatries, when they were sorely afflicted, bethought themselves of repairing to the tabernacle, and asking counsel of the Lord. Did not I deliver you from the Amorites? Both Sihon and Og, and their people, and other kings of the Amorites. From the children of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 10:12

Judges 10:12. The Zidonians We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done which are not recorded. The Maonites Either, first, those who lived in or near the wilderness of Maon, in the south of Judah, 1 Samuel 23:25; 1 Samuel 25:2; whether Edomites or others. Or, secondly, the Mehunims, a people living near the Arabians, of whom see 2 Chronicles 26:7. For in the Hebrew, the letters of both names are the same, only the one is the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 10:1-18

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 10:12

Maonites. Compare 2 Chronicles 26:7 , 2 Chronicles 26:8 . A mixture of Moabites and Ammonites = the two words combined. read more