Verse 31
31. Joash said The father stands up bravely for his son. The son’s bold act seems to have inspired Joash with a kindred zeal, and, possibly, Gideon may have informed his father of his interview with the angel.
Whilst it is yet morning Literally, until the morning. But עד , until, here has the force of while, during, as in Judges 3:26; and so the English version gives the true sense. Keil makes until the morning an independent clause, referring to the morning of the following day, and exclaims: “Let us wait until to-morrow, and give Baal time to avenge the insult which he has received!” But this thought is not conveyed by the words of the text.
If he be a god, let him plead for himself Wise and all-sufficient argument. A poor god that, which in a case like this was unable to defend himself.
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