Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 3:19
Turned again — As if he had forgot some important business. Keep silence — 'Till my servants be gone: whom he would not have acquainted with a business which he supposed to be of great importance.
Turned again — As if he had forgot some important business. Keep silence — 'Till my servants be gone: whom he would not have acquainted with a business which he supposed to be of great importance.
Verse Judges 3:19. _HE-TURNED - FROM THE QUARRIES_] פסילים _pesilim_. Some of the versions understand this word as meaning _idols_ or _graven_ _images_, or some spot where the Moabites had a place of...
Gilgal was in the immediate neighborhood of Jericho Judges 2:1, where doubtless Eglon held his court at this time Judges 3:13. QUARRIES - Some take the original of this word in its common meaning of...
2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR CHAPTER 3:12-31 _ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_ 2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15) 3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
EHUD, THE BENJAMITE. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in Judges 3:12_ a_ and Judges 3:30. The story itself is a genuine folk-tale, handed down from century to century before being committe...
QUARRIES. graven images. So Septuagint, Vulgate, and Targum, here and Judges 3:26. Hebrew. _pesilim._ Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 7:25. Deu 12:3....
_the quarries_ Everywhere else (e.g. Isaiah 21:9; Micah 5:13 etc.), and in the margin of A. and RV. here, the word (_pesîlîm_) is rendered _graven images_(cf. _pesel_-graven image"), and such is the m...
_Ehud delivers Israel from Moab_ The story of Ehud is furnished by the editor with an introduction (Judges 3:12 a) and conclusion (Judges 3:30) in his usual manner. The narrative thus enclosed is one...
THE QUARRIES THAT WERE BY GILGAL— Both here, and in the 26th verse, says Houbigant, we take the word פסילים _pesilim,_ rendered quarries, for the name of a place. The Vulgate and LXX render it graven...
_Ehud Delivers Israel from Moab Judges 3:12-30_ 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had...
_BUT HE HIMSELF TURNED AGAIN FROM THE QUARRIES THAT WERE BY GILGAL, AND SAID, I HAVE A SECRET ERRAND UNTO THEE, O KING: WHO SAID, KEEP SILENCE. AND ALL THAT STOOD BY HIM WENT OUT FROM HIM._ Quarries....
THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with six of the Ju...
QUARRIES] RM 'graven images,' perhaps carved stones. Once beyond these (cp. Judges 3:26), though only 2 m. from Jericho, Ehud knew that he was safe....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in *Canaan. V2...
BUT HE HIMSELF TURNED AGAIN. — The plan of Ehud was deeply laid. He wished (1) to secure his end, which would be more difficult amid the soldiers and attendants who would guard the king during the pre...
וְ ה֣וּא שָׁ֗ב מִן ־הַ פְּסִילִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD Judges 3:12 THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the judge without reproa...
THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD” Judges 3:15 The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon was also the more ready...
God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
After the death of that great spiritual leader, Israel again began to worship idols and God allowed Eglon the king of Moab to conquer them, with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites. Eglon ruled o...
But he himself turned again from the (h) quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep (i) silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. ...
Idols. Hebrew pesilim. Some take these to be only heaps of stones. Protestants, "quarries." (Haydock) --- But the Septuagint, &c., represent them as "carved" idols. The same expression is used [in] Ex...
Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspicio...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the proof-...
BUT HE HIMSELF TURNED AGAIN FROM THE QUARRIES THAT [WERE] BY GILGAL,...., For so far he accompanied the men that came with him. These quarries were places where they dug stones and hewed them, accordi...
But he himself turned again from the quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. Ver. 19....
_He sent away the people_ He accompanied them part of the way, and then dismissed them, and returned to Eglon alone, that so he might have more easy access to him. He himself turned again from the qua...
1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel. 6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie. 8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
But he himself turned again from the quarries, or boundary-stones, THAT WERE BY GILGAL, unto which point he had accompanied the rest of the delegation, returning to the quarters of the Moabite king, A...
THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL (vv. 1-6) The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not going to exempt an...
QUARRIES: Or, graven images...
12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened,...
HE TURNED AGAIN, as if he had forgot and neglected some important business. FROM THE QUARRIES; either, first, Whence they hewed stones. Or, secondly, The twelve stones which Joshua set up there; by th...
Judges 3:19 back H7725 (H8804) images H6456 Gilgal H1537 said H559 (H8799) secret H5643 message H1697 king...
‘ But he himself turned back from the graven images which were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret errand to you, Oh king.” And he said, “keep silence.” And all who stood by him went out from him.'...
CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar. CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar. CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
_The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel._ SIN--SUFFERING; PENITENCE AND DELIVERANCE REPEATED I. New sin added: “Again” 1. A painful surprise. 2. Deeper guilt. It showed more de...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:12 The story of Ehud killing Eglon is graphic, highlighting the rough nature of this period and many of its “heroes.” ⇐...
_ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges 3:12_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 3:12. DID EVIL AGAIN IN SIGHT OF THE LORD.] The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the same both he...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 3:13 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19,...
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges 3:1), There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
2 Kings 9:5; 2 Kings 9:6; Acts 23:18; Acts 23:19; Genesis 45:1;...