Judges 10:1
_TOLA JUDGETH ISRAEL, AND AFTER HIM JAIR: THE ISRAELITE, ARE OPPRESSED BY THE PHILISTINES AND THE AMMONITES: THEY CRY UNTO THE LORD, AND ENCAMP IN MIZPEH._ _Before Christ 1208._... [ Continue Reading ]
_TOLA JUDGETH ISRAEL, AND AFTER HIM JAIR: THE ISRAELITE, ARE OPPRESSED BY THE PHILISTINES AND THE AMMONITES: THEY CRY UNTO THE LORD, AND ENCAMP IN MIZPEH._ _Before Christ 1208._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT YEAR THEY VEXED, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _therefore at that time the children of Ammon afflicted and oppressed the children of Israel eighteen years,_ namely, all those who dwelt on the other side. REFLECTIONS.—One tumultuous reign we have had, which needed two peaceable ones to repai... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MAONITES— It is very uncertain who these _Maonites_ were. Houbigant, with the Vulgate, reads _Canaanites._ The LXX, according to the Alexandrian manuscript and Roman edition, read _Midianites._... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS SOUL WAS GRIEVED FOR THE MISERY OF ISRAEL— This is a figurative expression, setting forth, in a very emphatical manner, the effect of the divine compassion. If the Israelites, hardened by idolatry, had not repented, God resolved not to deliver them: but as soon as they repented and reformed, he... [ Continue Reading ]