Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Judges 3:26
Verse Judges 3:26. Passed beyond the quarries] Beyond the pesilim, which appear to have been the Moabitish borders, where they had set up those hewn stones as landmarks, or sacred boundary stones.
Verse Judges 3:26. Passed beyond the quarries] Beyond the pesilim, which appear to have been the Moabitish borders, where they had set up those hewn stones as landmarks, or sacred boundary stones.
SEIRATH - “The forest” or “weald,” which evidently bordered on the cultivated plain near Gilgal, and extended into “the mountain or hill country of Ephraim.” Once there, he was safe from pursuit (comp...
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...
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...
PASSED. he passed. BEYOND. by. QUARRIES. the graven images of Ehud. Compare Judges 3:19....
_and passed beyond the quarries_ lit. _he having passed the sculptured stones_. The construction in Hebr. (a circumstantial clause dependent on the preceding) is harsh and awkward: it is accounted for...
_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...
EHUD ESCAPED WHILE THEY TARRIED— It has been asked, how this action of Ehud can be at all justified. It is certainly among the number of those which are not to be imitated without that which gave it a...
_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...
_AND EHUD ESCAPED WHILE THEY TARRIED, AND PASSED BEYOND THE QUARRIES, AND ESCAPED UNTO SEIRATH._ And escaped unto Seirath, х_ HA-Sª`IYRAATAAH_ (H8167), with the prefix of the definite article, and th...
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...
THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
SEIRATH] unknown....
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...
UNTO SEIRATH. — Perhaps, rather, _into the bush,_ or _woodland,_ as the word has the article, and does not occur again. When he had got beyond the frontier post of Gilgal, into the district of Ephraim...
וְ אֵה֥וּד נִמְלַ֖ט עַ֣ד הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם וְ ה
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...
THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD” Judges 3:15 The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon was also the more ready...
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...
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...
_Confusion. Hebrew, "tarrying," as they waited a long time before they ventured to open the door._...
Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspicio...
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...
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-...
AND EHUD ESCAPED WHILE THEY TARRIED,.... While the servants of the king of Moab tarried waiting for the opening of the doors of the parlour, this gave him time enough to make his escape, so as to be o...
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. Ver. 26. _And Ehud escaped while they tarried._] So did Montgomery, Carnutensis, and other prime Protest...
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...
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, or the boundary-stones, AND ESCAPED UNTO SEIRATH, in the foothills toward the northwest....
EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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...
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,...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 3:26 Ehud H164 escaped H4422 (H8738) delayed H4102 (H8699) beyond H5674 (H8804) images H6456 escaped...
‘ And Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.' The delay gave Ehud time to escape and he again came to the graven images, and then escaped into Se...
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...
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...
_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...
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
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.” ⇐...
_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...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 3:13 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19,...
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...
Judges 3:19...