Judges 1:16

_AND THE CHILDREN OF THE KENITE, MOSES' FATHER IN LAW, WENT UP OUT OF THE CITY OF PALM TREES WITH THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH INTO THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH, WHICH LIETH IN THE SOUTH OF ARAD; AND THEY WENT AND DWELT AMONG THE PEOPLE._ THE CHILDREN OF THE KENITE, MOSES' FATHER-IN-LAW, х_ UWBNEEY_ (H1121) _ QEEYNIY_ (H7017)] - and the children of a Kenite; namely, Moses' father-in-law: called the or a Kenite, as probably descended from the people of that name (Numbers 24:21). If he might not himself. his posterity did, accept the invitation of Moses (Numbers 16:32) to accompany the Israelites to Canaan. Their first encampment was in "the city of palm trees" - not Jericho, of course, which was utterly destr

9-20 The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Joshua 15:16-6. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fix where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that molested none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth....

Verse Judges 1:16. _THE CHILDREN OF THE KENITE, MOSES' FATHER-IN-LAW_] For an account of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, see Exodus 18:1; Numbers 10:29, c. _THE CITY OF PALM TREES_] This seems to have been some place near Jericho, which city is expressly called the city of palm trees, Deuteronomy 34:3 and though destroyed by Joshua, it might have some suburbs remaining where these harmless people had taken up their residence. The _Kenites_, the descendants of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, were always attached to the Israelites: they remained with them, says Calmet, during

THE CHILDREN OF THE KENITE - See Numbers 24:21 note. THE CITY OF PALM TREES - Jericho (see the marginal reference). The rabbinical story is that Jericho, with 500 cubits square of land, was given to Hobab. The use of the phrase “city of palm trees” for “Jericho,” is perhaps an indication of the influence of Joshua’s curse Joshua 6:26. Tbe very name of Jericho was blotted out. There are no palm trees at Jericho now, but Josephus mentions them repeatedly, as well as the balsam trees....

EXPOSITION JUDGES 1:8 Read _Fought against Jerusalem_,_ and took it_,_ and smote it. _It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon in conquering their respective lots. JUDGES 1:9 THE VALLEY, _i.e._ the _Shephelah_, or lowlands, between the mountains and the coast of the Mediterranean, occupied by the Philistines. JUDGES 1:10 HEBRON See Numbers 13:22; Joshua 14:13-6;...

AND THE CHILDREN OF THE KENITE, MOSES' FATHER IN LAW,.... The posterity of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses; for though Jethro returned to his own country, after he had paid a visit to Moses in the wilderness, yet Hobab his son, at the persuasion of Moses, travelled with him and Israel through the wilderness, and went with them into Canaan, at least some of his descendants, and settled there, some in one part of the land, and some in another, of whom we read in several places of Scripture; they continued to the days of Jeremiah, and then went by the name of Rechabites, so called from Rechab, a descendant of Jethro: these WENT UP OUT OF THE CITY OF PALM TREES; from the city of Jericho, as the Targum, so called from the great number of palm trees which grew near it, see Deuteronomy 34:3. This is to be understood not of the city itself, that was utterly destroyed by

ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION: ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND THE RESULTS 1. Israel's Failure in mingling with the Canaanites CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The question and the answer (Judges 1:1)_ 2. Adoni-Bezek (Judges 1:5) 3. Jerusalem (Judges 1:8) 4. Judah's victory and failure (Judges 1:9) 5. The children of Benjamin and their failure (Judges 1:21) 6. The failures of others (Judges 1:22) The book begins with an inquiry of the Lord.

JUDGES 1:1 TO JUDGES 2:5. THE CONQUESTS AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES IN WESTERN PALESTINE. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that the various tribes invaded the land either singly or in small groups; that they had failures as well as successes; that in many instances they did not destroy the older population, but settled peacefully among them; and that, in particular, the larger cities of Canaan, as well as the fertile valleys and the Maritime Plain, remained in the possession of the Canaanites. The conquests of Judah were separated from those of Joseph by a belt of walled cities with Jerusalem in its centre. Another line of strongholds, extending from Bethshan near the Jordan to Dor on the sea coast, shut up Ephraim and Manasseh in the central highland

KENITE.. non-Israelite race (Genesis 15:19; Numbers 24:21, &c. 1 Samuel 27:10; 1 Samuel 30:29). See Saul's correspondence with them (1 Samuel 15:6). One branch in the north (Judges 4:11). PALM TREES: i.e. Jeremiah 3:13.Deuteronomy 34:3. THE PEOPLE: i.e. Israel.

_The conquests of Judah_ 2 _.the land_ Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah's lot....