Judges 2:1
AN ANGEL. the Angel or Captain of Jehovah's host, Who had appeared to Joshua in Gilgal. Joshua 5:13 THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BOCHIM. weepers. I SAID. Compare Genesis 17:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ANGEL. the Angel or Captain of Jehovah's host, Who had appeared to Joshua in Gilgal. Joshua 5:13 THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BOCHIM. weepers. I SAID. Compare Genesis 17:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL MAKE NO LEAGUE. Compare Exodus 23:32.Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:5, &c. YE SHALL THROW DOWN. Compare Exodus 34:12; Exodus 34:13.Deuteronomy 12:3. WHY. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). Or, "what [is] this [that] ye have done? ... [ Continue Reading ]
BE AS THORNS IN YOUR SIDES. Some codices read "be adversaries to you". Compare Numbers 33:55.Joshua 23:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE PEOPLE GO. Compare Joshua 24:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and who". WORKS. work.... [ Continue Reading ]
TIMNATH-HERES. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulg, read "Timnathserah". Compare Joshua 19:50; Joshua 24:30. MOUNT. hill country.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW NOT. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6. Put for obeyed not or cared not for.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ '. See App-44. Six "evil" doings recorded in this book (App-10): Judges 3:7; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:6; Judges 13:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSOOK. Religion is not. gradual evolution to what is higher, but. declension to what is lower. See note on Joshua 24:14. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHTAROTH. The special evil of Canaanite nations. Name derived from the _Asherah_ (see App-42). The _Asherah_ was idolatry of the most revolting form of immorality under the guise of religion. All virtue surrendered. The "going. whoring" is more than. figure of speech. See Exodus 34:13.Deuteronomy 7... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOILERS... ENEMIES. _Six_ oppressors and servitudes named: Judges 3:8; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:2; Judges 6:1; Judges 10:7; Judges 13:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. AS. according as. Compare Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGES. This word gives the name to the book. one who put right what was wrong; hence,. ruler. DELIVERED. saved. Six deliverances: Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Judges 4:23; Judges 8:28; Judges 11:33; Judges 16:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE DAYS, &C. This raises the question as to Deborah's call. See note on Judges 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. Compare Judges 3:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. nation. TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _'abar._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREIN.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), with some codices, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in it": i.e. in Jehovah's way.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRIVING THEM OUT. dispossessing.... [ Continue Reading ]