JUDGES CHAPTER 12 The Ephraimites wage war against Jephthah; are smitten by the Gileadites; and being discerned by Shibboleth, are slain to the number of two and forty thousand, JUDGES 12:1. Jephthah dies, JUDGES 12:7. After him Ibzan, JUDGES 12:8, Elon JUDGES 11:11,12, _Abdon_, JUDGES 12:13, were j... [ Continue Reading ]
Hence it appears that he craved their assistance, which they denied, though that be not elsewhere expressed.... [ Continue Reading ]
I PUT MY LIFE IN MY HANDS, i.e. I exposed myself to utmost danger; as a man that carries a brittle and precious thing in his hand, which may easily either fall to the ground, or be snatched from him. The same phrase is used 1 SAMUEL 19:5, 1 SAMUEL 28:21 JOB 13:14 PSALMS 119:109. WHEREFORE THEN ARE Y... [ Continue Reading ]
According to this translation, these words are a scoffing and contemptuous expression of the Ephraimites concerning the Gileadites, whom they call fugitives of Ephraim; the word _Ephraim_ being here taken largely, as it is elsewhere as ISAIAH 7:2,5, so as it comprehends the other neighbouring tribes... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE EPHRAIMITES WHICH WERE ESCAPED, Heb. _the fugitives of Ephraim_, as before; for the Hebrew words are the same; which may make the latter exposition of the foregoing words more probable, to wit, that it is not the Gileadites, but the Ephraimites, who are there as well as here so called, because... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIBBOLETH signifies _a stream or river_, which they desired to pass over; so it was a word proper for the occasion, and gave them no cause to suspect the design, because they were required only to express their desire to go over the _Shibboleth_ or river. HE SAID SIBBOLETH. It is well known, that n... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ONE OF THE CITIES, Heb. _in the cities_; the plural number put for the singular, as GENESIS 19:29, where _Lot_ is said to dwell _in the cities_, i.e. _one of the cities_; and 1 SAMUEL 18:21, _the twain_ is put for _one of the twain_; and JUDGES 18:11, _houses_ for _house_; and JONAH 1:5, the _sid... [ Continue Reading ]
OF BETH-LEHEM; either that in Judah, of which MATTHEW 2:6; or that in Zebulun, JOSHUA 19:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK IN THIRTY DAUGHTERS, i.e. took them home for wives to his sons. See GENESIS 24:67, GENESIS 31:50 DEUTERONOMY 21:12 2 SAMUEL 11:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
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This is added to distinguish it from other Aijalons, of which see JUDGES 1:35 1 CHRONICLES 6:69, 1 CHRONICLES 8:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
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So called from some remarkable exploit done either by or upon the Amalekites in that place.... [ Continue Reading ]