Could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley Because of their unbelief, through which they distrusted God's power to destroy those who had chariots of iron, and so gave way to their own fear and sloth, whereby God was provoked to withdraw his helping hand.
Verse Judges 1:19. _AND THE LORD WAS WITH JUDAH, AND HE DRAVE OUT_ THE INHABITANTS OF _THE MOUNTAIN; BUT COULD NOT DRIVE OUT THE_ _INHABITANTS OF THE VALLEY, BECAUSE THEY HAD CHARIOTS OF IRON._] Stra...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION: ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND THE RESULTS 1. Israel's Failure in mingling with the Canaanites CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The question and the answer (Judges 1:1)_ 2. Adon...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that t...
HE DRAVE OUT. he possessed. (Omit italics.) MOUNTAIN. hill country. VALLEY. lowlands. CHARIOTS OF IRON. Compare Judges 4:3....
The natural place for this verse is after Judges 1:7, i. e. after the account of Judah's first success in the Southern Highlands. HE CONQUERED THE HILL COUNTRY, but the inhabitants of the plain were t...
_The conquests of Judah_ 2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah's lot....
BUT COULD NOT DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS, &C.— _But proceeded not to drive out,_ &c. Jun. Tremel. Wat. This version gives us the true sense of the passage. We are not to suppose that chariots of iron r...
_The Extent of the Conquests of Judah and Benjamin Judges 1:16-21_ 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses-' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the w...
_AND THE LORD WAS WITH JUDAH; AND HE DRAVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN; BUT COULD NOT DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE VALLEY, BECAUSE THEY HAD CHARIOTS OF IRON._ The Lord was with Judah; and...
INTRODUCTORY (JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 3:4) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5. This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Pa
CHARIOTS OF IRON] Always an object of dread to the light-armed Israelites (cp. Judges 4:3), but useless in the hill-country, where the Israelites were more firmly established. COULD NOT] The Lord bein...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THIS BOOK BELIEFS The book called Judges was in the *Hebrew *Scriptures. It was in the section called Former (earlier) *Prophets. In Deuteronomy Chap...
THE LORD WAS WITH JUDAH. — The Targum here has “The Word of the Lord.” The expression is frequently used to imply insured prosperity (Genesis 39:23; 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Kings 18:7. Comp....
וַ יְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ יֹּ֖רֶשׁ
THE WAY OF THE SWORD Judges 1:12 THE name Kiriath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean inhabitants of Canaan. We c...
FLAGGING IN THEIR GREAT TASK Judges 1:16; Judges 2:1 The conquest of Canaan was very partial. Israel dwelled among the ancient inhabitants of the land, much as the Normans did among the Anglo-Saxons,...
The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens with a description of the general condition of affair...
God selected Judah to lead the rest of the tribes into battle. Judah asked Simeon to go with him and promised to help him conquer his lot if he would help conquer that of Judah. They killed 10,000 Can...
Was not able, &c. Through a cowardly fear of their chariots armed with hooks and scythes, and for want of confidence in God. (Challoner) --- Hebrew does not sy expressly that Juda could not: quia non...
Here we trace the want of faith, and consequently the want of courage, in Israel. What were the chariots of iron, when God fought the battles of Israel? But is not this, in a spiritual sense, the very...
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...
Thus, in the beginning of the book, we see evil and failure, and also simple and blessed deliverances. But alas! the picture darkens more and more. There are grievous features even in the conduct of t...
AND THE LORD WAS WITH JUDAH,.... Encouraging, strengthening, succeeding, and giving the tribe victory over the Canaanites; the Targum is, "the Word of the Lord was for the help of the house of Judah:...
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out [the inhabitants of] the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. Ver. 19. _Drave out the inha...
SEPARATE THEMSELVES; by withdrawing themselves and leading off their followers from the faithful, who adhere to the doctrines and duties of the gospel. SENSUAL; wickedly indulging their appetites and...
A thorough acquaintance with the declarations of Scripture is a great safeguard against the seductions of error, and one of the chief means of preservation from sin. It is one by which the Holy Ghost,...
[IOSHUAS EXHORTATION, HIS AGE, AND DEATH.] 1 The actes of Iudah and Simeon. 4 Adonibezek iustly requited. 8 Hierusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir....
OVERTHROW OF VARIOUS ENEMIES...
And the Lord was with Judah, in this campaign of swift destruction; AND HE DRAVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN, where personal valor and strength were the chief factors in battle; BUT COULD NOT...
INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED (vv. 1-26) Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but realizes that there is territory that should be possessed. They therefore appeal to the...
DRAVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN: Or, he possessed the mountain...
9-20 The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Cale...
On account of their unbelief, whereby they doubted and distrusted God's power to destroy those who had chariots of iron and so gave way to their own fear and sloth, whereby God was provoked to withdra...
Judges 1:19 LORD H3068 Judah H3063 out H3423 (H8686) mountaineers H2022 not H3808 out H3423 (H8687) inhabitants...
‘ And Yahweh was with Judah, and he drove out inhabitants of the hill country, for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.' The hill country was permane...
Judges 1 AND JUDGES 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious campaig...
CONTENTS: The incomplete victories of Judah, Benjamin and Manasseh. CHARACTERS: God, Judah, Simeon, Adoni-bezek, Caleb, Achsah, Othniel. CONCLUSION: God appoints service according to the strength He...
Judges 1:1. _After the death of Joshua,_ whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed, Numbers 27:21, by Phinehas the priest. Judges 1:3. J...
_Zephath _. .. _ Hormah._ ZEPHATH AND HORMAH In the world of thought and feeling there are many Zephaths, whence quick onset is often made upon the faith and hope of men. We are pressing towards some...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 1:19 HE COULD NOT DRIVE OUT. The Israelites failed to drive out the Canaanites completely, as God had instructed (Joshua 6:17;...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:17. And Judah went with Simeon.] The history is here resumed, after the digression (Judges 1:8). ZEPHATH OR HORMAH.] The latter name, meaning “_a devoting_,” was evidently g...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 1:8 Read _Fought against Jerusalem_,_ and took it_,_ and smote it. _It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon in conquering their respective lots....
Through Moses, the children of Israel were let out of Egypt and God began to form a national kind of identity and began to forge the beginnings of a nation. At the death of Moses, Joshua, who was the...
2 Kings 18:7; 2 Samuel 5:10; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Exodus 14:7; Gene
JUDE'S CERTAIN MEN _ The Book of Jude_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than in the Book of Jude. No photographer ever made a better...
Could not drive — Because of their unbelief, whereby they distrusted God's power to destroy those who had chariots of iron, and so gave way to their own fear and sloth, whereby God was provoked to wit...