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If the Ishmaelite nose-rings were half a shekel in weight, then 1,700
shekels weight of gold implied that 3,400 persons wearing, gold rings
had been slain. The “collars” were rather “ear-drops.”...
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CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL STRIFE, GIDEON'S FAILURE AND END
_ 1. The strife (Judges 8:1)_
2. The complete deliverance (Judges 8:10)
3. Gideon's failure and end (Judges 8:22)
4. Israel's failure after Gide...
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GIDEON REFUSES A KINGDOM, AND ERECTS AN EPHOD. Long before the
Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine
King, and Gideon, like Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel...
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_And the weight_etc.] 1700 shekels of gold by the heavy standard =
nearly 75 lbs. Troy = £3485, or by the light standard = nearly 37½
lbs. Troy = 742 10 _s_. A single ring might weigh half a shekel,
G...
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_Gideon refuses the kingship: he sets up an ephod: conclusion_
22 _.the men of Israel_ Not the 300 of Judges 8:4, but the men who
formed the army Judges 7:14; Judges 9:55, the Israelites drawn from
Ep...
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_Gideon Captures and Slays Midian's Kings Judges 8:1-28_
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites?...
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_AND THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLDEN EARRINGS THAT HE REQUESTED WAS A
THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF GOLD; BESIDE ORNAMENTS, AND
COLLARS, AND PURPLE RAIMENT THAT WAS ON THE KINGS OF MIDIAN, AND
BESIDE...
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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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SEIRATH] unknown.
_Shekels_] A shekel is rather less than half an ounce. The whole
weight would thus be nearly seventy pounds. COLLARS] RV 'pendants.'...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
V1 The people in Ephraim’s *tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you
done this to us? Why did you not call us when you went to fight the
people from Midi...
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A THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF GOLD. — About seventy pounds
of gold. This would imply a very large number of nose-rings or
earrings (Genesis 24:22), and therefore a slaughter of many leading...
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וַ יְהִ֗י מִשְׁקַ֞ל נִזְמֵ֤י הַ
זָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ
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GIDEON THE ECCLESIASTIC
Judges 8:22
THE great victory of Gideon had this special significance, that it
ended the incursions of the wandering races of the desert. Canaan
offered a continual lure to th...
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THE SNARE OF SUCCESS
Judges 8:13
Clearly Gideon's family had passed through some terrible tragedy
previous to this war of emancipation. He had not learned our Lord's
teaching of forgiveness and acted...
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Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to
deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he
had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penue...
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_And jewels. Some translate, "crescents (Septuagint, "little moons,")
and boxes" ( netiphoth, Menochius) of perfumes, such as Alexander
found among the spoils of Darius, and reserved to put his Homer...
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Whatever were the views of Gideon in this ephod, is not easily
determined. Aaron had fallen into a similar transgression, in the time
the church was in the wilderness. Alas! what are the best of men f...
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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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Nevertheless, they did not all unite with Gideon in pursuit of the
Midianites. But, for the moment, Gideon despises the cowardice which
disowns him through a remaining fear of the oppressor's power. O...
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AND THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLDEN EARRINGS HE REQUESTED WAS ONE THOUSAND
AND SEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF GOLD,.... Which, as Schcuchzer e
computes, was eight hundred and ten ounces, five drachms, one scruple,...
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand
and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars,
and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and bes...
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1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites.
4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army.
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.
13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.
17 Gideon reuengeth his brethrens dea...
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And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand
and seven hundred shekels of gold (more than $16,000 worth); BESIDE
ORNAMENTS, AND COLLARS, ear-pendants made of pearls and preci...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CAMPAIGN...
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GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER
(vv. 1-3)
But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so
late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They
did not stop to...
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COLLARS:
Or, sweet jewels...
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22-28 Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good
man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only
to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this vi...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 8:26 weight H4948 gold H2091 earrings H5141 requested H7592
(H8804) thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 gold
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‘ And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents and
the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Mi...
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Judges 6-8
In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He
was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not
enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
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CONTENTS: Jealousy of Ephriam. Events to the death of Gideon.
Apostasy.
CHARACTERS: God, Gideon, Zebah, Zalmunna, Abimelech, Jerubbaal,
Jether.
CONCLUSION: Many are led into false ways by one false...
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Judges 8:16. _He taught the men of Succoth._ The LXX read, _he
threshed_ them. This little city of forty or fifty families was
blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their
cou...
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_Gideon made an ephod._
GIDEON, THE ECCLESIASTIC
A strong but not spiritual religiousness is the chief note of
Gideon’s character. It may be objected that such an one, if he seeks
ecclesiastical offi...
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_Rule thou over us _. .. _ for thou hast delivered us._
GIDEON’S AFTER-LIFE
Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails
entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see whether G...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 8:22 Despite God’s faithfulness to Gideon,
he leads the people into improper worship practices.
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CHAPTER 8
_FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 8:18. THEN SAID HE, etc.] This must have
taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it was after his...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 8:22, JUDGES 8:23
RULE THOU, etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer,
added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a
desire, already perhaps beginn...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Judges, chapter eight?
The Ephraimites were troublemakers. And in chapter eight we find them
giving Gideon a bad time. But we see with what splendid diplomac...
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Esther 8:15; Ezekiel 27:7; Jeremiah 10:9; John 19:2; John 19:5;...