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The “strengthening” Eglon was the special work of God, and because
Israel “had done evil,” etc. Samuel’s comment on the event is to
the same effect 1 Samuel 12:9....
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2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR
CHAPTER 3:12-31
_ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_
2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15)
3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
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EHUD, THE BENJAMITE. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in
Judges 3:12_ a_ and Judges 3:30. The story itself is a genuine
folk-tale, handed down from century to century before being committe...
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_Ehud delivers Israel from Moab_
The story of Ehud is furnished by the editor with an introduction
(Judges 3:12 a) and conclusion (Judges 3:30) in his usual manner. The
narrative thus enclosed is one...
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_again did that which was evil_ The introduction to the story is made
up of the familiar phrases of Rd, see Judges 2:11-19; the special
details are derived from the story itself. For _strengthened_cf....
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STRENGTHENED EGLON— It is the opinion of many commentators, that
Eglon was the successor of Balak. As the Israelites were so prone to
worship the gods of the people round about them, God, in just
puni...
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_Ehud Delivers Israel from Moab Judges 3:12-30_
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord:
and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL AGAIN IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD:
AND THE LORD STRENGTHENED EGLON THE KING OF MOAB AGAINST ISRAEL,
BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD._
The childre...
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HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31)
On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of
Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR
1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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MOAB] the high plateau on the E. of the Dead Sea: cp. 2 Kings 3:24....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order
to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in
*Canaan. V2...
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DID EVIL AGAIN. — Literally, _“_added to do evil.” We find this
Hebraism even in the New Testament. “He added (_prosetheto_) to
send” (Luke 20:11).
EVIL. — Literally, _the evil,_ with special referen...
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וַ יֹּסִ֨פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַ
עֲשֹׂ֥ות...
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THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD
Judges 3:12
THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to
one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the
judge without reproa...
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DELIVERED FROM MESOPOTAMIAN OPPRESSION
Judges 3:1
Our sins and failures will sometimes be so overruled as to promote the
growth of our souls in the true knowledge of ourselves and of God. It
would be...
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God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in
order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably
in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
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After the death of that great spiritual leader, Israel again began to
worship idols and God allowed Eglon the king of Moab to conquer them,
with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites. Eglon ruled o...
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD (g) strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
(g) So th...
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_Eglon, signifies "a calf." (Calmet) --- God made use of this prince
to scourge his people, with the assistance of the neighbouring
nations. He took Engaddi, in the plains of Jericho, and was thus
ena...
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There is a great degree of meaning in that little word again. Israel
did evil again. Even Israel, God's people, and who had received from
the Lord such a series of mercies. And what made their iniquit...
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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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID EVIL AGAIN IN THE SIGHT OF THE
LORD,.... Fell into idolatry again, which was a great evil in the
sight of God, and what they were prone to fall into:
AND THE LORD STREN...
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Ver. 12. _And...
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_And the children of Israel did evil again_ This was the case of the
Israelites during all the time of their judges: the same person who
freed them from servitude, purified them also from idolatry; bu...
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1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie.
8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim.
12 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
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EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord;
and the Lord strengthened, encouraged, EGLON, THE KING OF MOAB, the
country southeast of the Dead Sea, AGAINST ISRAEL, BECAUSE THEY...
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THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL
(vv. 1-6)
The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with
learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not
going to exempt an...
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12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The
Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God
punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened,...
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STRENGTHENED EGLON, by giving him courage, and power, and success
against them....
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Judges 3:12 children H1121 Israel H3478 again H3254 (H8686) did H6213
(H8800) evil H7451 sight H5869 LORD...
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GOD'S SECOND LESSON. THE KING OF MOAB AND EHUD THE BENJAMINITE (JUDGES
3:12).
Judges 3:12
‘ And the children of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of
Yahweh. And Yahweh strengthened Eglon...
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CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and
Shamgar.
CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
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Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So
is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and
the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
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_The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel._
SIN--SUFFERING; PENITENCE AND DELIVERANCE REPEATED
I. New sin added: “Again”
1. A painful surprise.
2. Deeper guilt. It showed more de...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s
Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how
Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:12 The story of Ehud killing Eglon is
graphic, highlighting the rough nature of this period and many of its
“heroes.”
⇐...
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_ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges
3:12_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 3:12. DID EVIL AGAIN IN SIGHT OF THE LORD.]
The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the same
both he...
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges
3:1),
There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
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1 Samuel 12:9; 2 Kings 5:1; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 5:18; Exodus 9:16;...
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Strengthened Eglon — By giving him courage, and power, and success
against them....