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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6 - Introduction

* Israel oppressed by Midianites. (1-6) Israel rebuked by a prophet. (7-10) Gideon set to deliver Israel. (11-24) Gideon destroys Baal's altar. (25-32) Signs given him. (33-40)

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See also Judges 6 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 6-8. GIDEON DELIVERS ISRAEL FROM THE MIDIANITES. The next war was waged, not against disciplined soldiers, but against a horde of nomads from the eastern desert. The Midianites are represented...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Gideon delivers Israel from the Midianites_ For some years the Midianites had been the terror of Central Palestine. These nomad Arabs from the S.E. desert used to pour into the country during harves...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 6 Judges 6:1-10 _The oppression of the Midianites._ This is the fourth oppression. The first oppression was under Cushan-Rishathaim and the people of Mesopotamia. The second oppre...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 ruled, (a-12) _ Shaphat_ , lit. 'judged.' country (b-32) Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8:3 ,2 Kings 8:5 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VI. Judges 6:1. A new apostasy, punished by the oppression of Midian. Judges 6:7. The rebuke delivered by a prophet, Judges 6:11. An angel appears to Gideon and bids him deliver Israel, and ...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 6 In this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in through the Midianites, Judges 6:1, of a prophet being sent unto them to reprieve them for their...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2748. B.C. 1256._ The calamities of Israel by the Midianites, Judges 6:1. The message God sent them by a prophet, Judges 6:7. God's commission to Gideon, confirmed by a sign, Judges 6:11. He br...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance. 17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire. 24 Gideon destroyet...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 6. GIDEON. In this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in as a result of continual Midianite invasion; of a prophet being sent to them to reprieve them from their...

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