Shechem — She dwelt there, and he often came thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. Abimelech — That is, my father the king; so he called him, probably, to gratify his concubine, who desired it either out of pride, or design.
Verse Judges 8:31. _HIS CONCUBINE_] A _lawful_ but _secondary wife_, whose children could not _inherit_. _WHOSE NAME HE CALLED ABIMELECH._] That is, _my father is king_, or _my father hath reigned_....
Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Judges 9:28 : neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jerubbaa...
CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END _ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_ 2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10) 3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22) 4. Israel's failure after Gide...
GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...
_his concubine that was in Shechem_ A connexion of this kind is illustrated by early Arabian custom: the woman, or -female friend" (_ṣadâḳa_), did not leave her home, the union was of a temporary char...
_Gideon's Children; His Death Judges 8:29-32_ 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives....
_AND GIDEON HAD THREESCORE AND TEN SONS OF HIS BODY BEGOTTEN: FOR HE HAD MANY WIVES._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
SHAMGAR] the first of the 'minor' Judges. The name is mentioned in Judges 5:6, though not as a 'saviour.' No Philistine oppression is mentioned till later. AN OX GOAD] would be an efficient substitute...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the people from Midi...
HIS CONCUBINE THAT WAS IN SHECHEM. — In Judges 9:18 she is contemptuously called his “maid servant.” The sequel (Judges 9:1) seems to show that she belonged to the Canaanite population of Shechem. If...
וּ פִֽילַגְשֹׁו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּ שְׁכֶ֔ם יָֽלְדָה...
ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion follows on his death. Gide...
“THROUGH SLAUGHTER TO A THRONE” Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show kindness to the...
Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
His concubine. She was his servant, but not his harlot; and is called his concubine, as wives of an inferior degree are commonly called in the Old Testament, though otherwise lawfully married. (Challo...
Although from the infirmities and corruptions of our fallen nature, many of the early followers of the Lord, had more than one wife, yet, the Holy Ghost hath pointed out both the sin and folly of it;...
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...
Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
AND HIS CONCUBINE THAT WAS IN SHECHEM,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as prope...
And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. Ver. 31. _And his concubine,_] i.e., His wife though in an inferior degree: _a_ as having been before...
_His concubine that was in Shechem_ She dwelt there, and he often went thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. _Abimelech_ That is, _my father the king;_ so he called him, probab...
1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army. 10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed. 17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called, or, "and called his name," ABIMELECH ("My father is king"). It seems that this concubine from the beginning had gr...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN...
GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They did not stop to...
CALLED: _ Heb._ set...
29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family...
IN SHECHEM; she dwelt there, and he oft came thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. ABIMELECH, i.e. _my father the king_; so he called him, probably to gratify his concubine, wh...
Judges 8:31 concubine H6370 Shechem H7927 bore H3205 (H8804) son H1121 name H8034 called H7760 (H8799) Abimelech...
‘ And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his own body (literally ‘going out of his thigh'), for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem she also bore him a son, and he called his na...
Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon. Apostasy. CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal, Jether. CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their cou...
_And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house._ GIDEON AT HIS WORST Man is a strange mixture of greatness and of littleness, of goodness, and of badness. The one lies very close to...
_Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._ GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:29 FOR HE HAD MANY WIVES. On polygamy, see note on Gen. 16:3. Gideon had insisted that he should not be king (see note on Judg. 8:22–23), but he ended u
CHAPTER 8 _FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23 RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer, added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a desire, already perhaps beginn...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight? The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
Genesis 16:15; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 22:24; Judges 9:1; Judges 9:18...