Judges 12 - Introduction
_A.M. 2861. B.C. 1143._ Jephthah's encounter with, and slaughter of the Ephraimites, Judges 12:1. His death, Judges 12:7. A short account of three other Judges, vv8-15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 2861. B.C. 1143._ Jephthah's encounter with, and slaughter of the Ephraimites, Judges 12:1. His death, Judges 12:7. A short account of three other Judges, vv8-15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The men of Ephraim went northward_ Over Jordan, where Jephthah was, in the northern part of the land beyond Jordan. _And said_ Through pride and envy, contending with him as they did before with Gideon; _over to fight_ Not over Jordan, for there he was already; but over the borders of the Israelite... [ Continue Reading ]
_When I called you, ye delivered me not_ He answers them with great mildness, but denies their charge. He affirms that he had begged their assistance, but they had refused to grant it. _When I saw that ye delivered me not_ When I became sensible that there was no hope of your assistance to preserve... [ Continue Reading ]
_The men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said_, &c. That which provoked the army of Jephthah to kill so many of them was their insulting language, added to their threats, whereby they reproached the men of Gilead, (who were the chief managers of the late war,) as if they were but the scum and... [ Continue Reading ]
_If he said, Nay_ To avoid the present danger. _Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth_ To find out the truth, they put him to this test; whether his pronunciation of some words was like that of the Gileadites; for people of the same nation, who speak the same language, generally differ very mu... [ Continue Reading ]
_Took in thirty daughters_ That is, took them home for wives to his sons. What a difference between his and his predecessor's family! Ibzan had sixty children, and all married; Jephthah but one, and she dies unmarried. Some are increased, others diminished; all is the Lord's doing.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mount of the Amalekites_ So called from some remarkable exploit, done by or upon the Amalekites in that place. It is strange, that in the history of all these judges, there is not so much as once mention of the high-priest, or of any other priest or Levite, appearing either for counsel or action in... [ Continue Reading ]