Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Judges 3:27
The children of Israel — Whom doubtless he had prepared by his emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers.
The children of Israel — Whom doubtless he had prepared by his emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers.
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...
THE MOUNT. the hill country....
_when he was come_ If Se-îrah was meant, -thither" should have been written. Some indication of the place is needed; the LXX. cod. B adds -unto the land of Israel," shewing that the obscurity was felt...
_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...
_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...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS COME, THAT HE BLEW A TRUMPET IN THE MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT DOWN WITH HIM FROM THE MOUNT, AND HE BEFORE THEM._ He blew a trumpet in the...
MOUNTAIN] i.e. hillcountry. The men of Ephraim (Joshua's tribe) are recognised as the leaders in Israel: cp. Judges 8:1....
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...
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...
HE BLEW A TRUMPET. — The word for “trumpet” is _shophar._ The LXX. have “he trumpeted with a horn” (_Esalpisen en keratine_). IN THE MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM. — The hill country of Ephraim was always the f...
וַ יְהִ֣י בְּ בֹואֹ֔ו וַ יִּתְקַ֥ע בַּ
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...
_Seirath seems to have been on the road from Galgal to Mount Ephraim. Some conjecture that Josephus speaks of it under the name of Syriad, (Calmet) where he saw the inscriptions, which he asserts were...
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-...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE WAS COME, That is, to Seirath, Judges 3:26, in the tribe of Ephraim: THAT BE BLEW A TRUMPET IN THE MOUNTAIN OF EPHRAIM; which being an high mountain, the sound of the tru...
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. Ver. 27. _He blew a trumpet...
_He blew a trumpet_ In order to summon those who were disposed to recover their liberty to take arms and follow him. _And the children of Israel went down with him_ Whom doubtless he had prepared by h...
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...
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, this trumpet-blast being transmitted among the mountains, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, with whom he had evident...
EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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...
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,...
Doubtless he had prepared THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, and by his emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers....
Judges 3:27 arrived H935 (H8800) blew H8628 (H8799) trumpet H7782 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 children H1121 Israel...
Judges 3:27 A ‘And it happened that, when he was come, he blew a ram's horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he in front of the...
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...
1 Samuel 13:3; 2 Kings 9:13; 2 Samuel 20:22; Joshua 17:15; Joshua 17:1