Timnathheres] 'territory of the sun': probably near Shechem. In Joshua 24:30 the letters of 'heres' are transposed, to avoid the suggestion of idolatrous association (cp. also Judges 8:13 and RV there). Gaash] unknown.
11-23. The religious interpretation of the history of the Judges.
2. THE ANGEL AT BOCHIM AND THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE BOOK Chapter S 2:1-3:4 _ 1. The angel at Bochim (Judges 2:1)_ 2. Israel's obedience remembered (Judges 2:6) 3. Israel's strange gods (Judges 2:...
JUDGES 2:6 TO JUDGES 3:6. THE DEUTERONOMIST'S INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES PROPER (Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31). In the view of this interpreter of sacred history,
TIMNATH-HERES. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulg, read "Timnathserah". Compare Joshua 19:50; Joshua 24:30. MOUNT. hill country....
_in the border of his inheritance_ i.e. within the district allotted to him, Joshua 19:49. _Timnath-heres_ An early tradition, mentioned by Eusebius (_Onom. Sacr._261, 33) and Jerome, pointed out the...
AND WHEN JOSHUA HAD LET THE PEOPLE GO— This is an important passage, and by some interpreters misunderstood; they have fancied, that in it the historian continues the relation of what had happened sin...
General Religious Characterization of the Period Judges 2:6 to Judges 3:6 _The Death of Joshua Judges 2:6-10_ 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his i...
_AND THE PEOPLE SERVED THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF JOSHUA, AND ALL THE DAYS OF THE ELDERS THAT OUTLIVED JOSHUA, WHO HAD SEEN ALL THE GREAT WORKS OF THE LORD, THAT HE DID FOR ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary o...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 The *angel of the *Lord came from Gilgal to Bokim. He said ‘I brought you out of Egypt. And then I brought you into the country that I promised...
THEY BURIED HIM. — This circumstance is usually added in the case of kings, heroes, &c. (Genesis 23:19; Jeremiah 22:18, &c.), and this care about burial seems to point to at least a dim hope of that i...
וַ יִּקְבְּר֤וּ אֹותֹו֙ בִּ גְב֣וּל נַחֲלָתֹ֔ו...
AMONG THE ROCKS OF PAGANISM Judges 2:7 "AND Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-he...
A GENERATION THAT KNEW NOT JEHOVAH Judges 2:6 What a thrilling experience it must have been to hear Joshua and Caleb talk of Egypt, the Red Sea, and Sinai! The younger men would stand awestruck as th...
The fact of Israel's failure is still further revealed in this chapter. In the first five verses we have the account of the coming of a messenger from Gilgal. This messenger, referred to as "the angel...
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in (d) Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. (d) Heres, by turning the letters backward is Sereh, as in (Jos...
These verses have a retrospective view to the history of Joshua, as before related. And perhaps the subject is here again introduced, by way of contrasting the sad apostasy of Israel, to what their co...
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...
Alas! if such was the condition of the people, and they were satisfied with it, chastening, as at Ai, was no longer in question. But the angel of Jehovah (the operative power of God in the midst of th...
AND THEY BURIED HIM IN THE BORDER OF HIS INHERITANCE IN TIMNATHHERES,.... In Joshua 24:30; it is called Timnathserah, the letters of "serah" being here inverted, make "heres", which sometimes is used...
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. Ver. 9. _And they buried him._] Burial is a mercy, whatever the Cyn...
1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wickednesse of the new generation after Ioshua. 14 Gods anger and pitie towards them. 20 The Canaanites are left to prooue Israel. 1 AND an [NOTE: O...
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, or Timnath-serah, the name Heres apparently having been borne by this whole division of the mountains of Ephraim, IN THE MOUNT OF...
THE CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE AND ITS PUNISHMENT...
THE REPROOF OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD (vv. 1-6) Israel's failure called for strong reproof. THE angel of the Lord, who is the Lord Himself, not A messenger from God, but THE messenger, came from Gilg...
6-23 We have a general idea of the course of things in Israel, during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as mean and miserable by forsaking God, as they would have been great and happ...
TIMNATH-HERES, called _Timnath-serah_, JOSHUA 19:50 JOSHUA 24:30....
Judges 2:9 buried H6912 (H8799) border H1366 inheritance H5159 Heres H8556 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 side H6828 Mount...
A FLASHBACK TO THE DAYS OF JOSHUA AND THE DAYS OF FAITHFULNESS (JUDGES 2:6). Judges 2:6 ‘ Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to posses...
TIMMATHHERES Timnathserah. (Joshua 19:50)....
Judges 1 and 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 campaigning; f...
CONTENTS: Review of Israelitish invasion of Canaan up to Joshua's death. Results of incomplete obedience. Judges instituted. CHARACTERS: God, angel of Jehovah (Jesus) Joshua. CONCLUSION: God never d...
Judges 2:1. _An Angel of the Lord._ Jewish writers in succession speak of this as a created angel: but no mere angel would dare to speak as Jehovah. It was therefore the Angel of the covenant, the sam...
_The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua._ JOSHUA AND “ANOTHER GENERATION” I. The power of a great man to adapt himself to changing circumstances, and to be equally great under varying cond...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 2:6. And when Joshua had let the people go.] The visit and solemn message of the angel had led to tears. The temporary repentance was so general that the place of the visit was...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 2:7 AND THE PEOPLE SERVED, etc. This verse is the epitome of the religious history of Israel from the time of the expostulation of the angel till the dying off of all those who had...
So in chapter two we read, AND the angel of the LORD came from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I...
Joshua 19:50; Joshua 24:30...