JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:1__ TOLA was the sixth judge, the second “minor” judge. Little is recorded about him. He judged 23 years. He AROSE TO SAVE Israel after Abimelech’s damaging rule. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:3__ JAIR, the seventh judge and third minor judge, judged 22 years. He was rather wealthy (v. Judges 10:4) and lived in GILEAD. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:6__ Jephthah was the eighth judge and, like Jair, was from Gilead. He is the third judge (after Deborah and Gideon) whose story is told in great detail. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:14 GODS WHOM YOU HAVE CHOSEN. See v. Judges 10:6. The Israelites had also “chosen” new gods in Deborah’s time (Judges 5:8). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 10:16 HE BECAME IMPATIENT OVER THE MISERY OF ISRAEL. This phrase may be saying that God was moved to mercy by Israel’s misery and repentance (see Judges 2:18). Another interpretation is that Israel’s unfaithfulness, which causes their misery, is making God impatient. This would... [ Continue Reading ]