What does Judges 11:33 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plaine of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel."
Verse Judges 11:33. _TWENTY CITIES_] That is, he either _took_ or _destroyed_ twenty cities of the Ammonites, and completely routed their whole army....
As in the conflicts with the Moabites, Canaanites, and Midianites Judges 3; Judges 4; Judges 7, the battle was on Israelite territory, in self-defense, not in aggressive warfare. THE PLAIN OF THE VIN...
CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH AND THE AMMONITES _ 1. Jephthah's covenant (Judges 11:1)_ 2. The messages to Ammon (Judges 11:12) 3. Jephthah's vow and victory (Judges 11:29) 4. Jephthah keeps his vow (Judges...
JEPHTHAH'S VOW, AND HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMMON. Judges 11:29 b is probably an editorial note, a somewhat unskilful attempt to fasten the new cloth (Judges 11:12) into the old garment (Moore.) Jephtha...
_Aroer_ Probably not the Aroer of Judges 11:16, but another place of the same name E. of Rabbath-ammon, Joshua 13:25, on the Ammonite border. _Minnith_is identified by Eusebius (_Onom. Sacr._280, 44;...
_Jephthah Victory Judges 11:32-40_ 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till t...
_AND HE SMOTE THEM FROM AROER, EVEN TILL THOU COME TO MINNITH, EVEN TWENTY CITIES, AND UNTO THE PLAIN OF THE VINEYARDS, WITH A VERY GREAT SLAUGHTER. THUS THE CHILDREN OF AMMON WERE SUBDUED BEFORE THE...
JEPHTHAH'S VICTORY OVER THE AMMONITES. HIS RASH VOW 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Jephthah, a man from Gilead’s family, was a brave soldier. Gilead was his father. V2 His mother was a woman who sold her body for sex. Gilead’s...
TO MINNITH. — According to Eusebius and Jerome, this is Maanith, four miles from Heshbon (Ezekiel 27:17). UNTO THE PLAIN OF THE VINEYARDS. — Rather, _unto Abel-ceramim._ The place is either Abela, a...
וַ יַּכֵּ֡ם מֵ עֲרֹועֵר֩ וְ עַד ־בֹּואֲךָ֙ מִנִּ֜ית עֶשְׂרִ֣ים עִ֗יר וְ עַד֙ אָבֵ֣ל כְּרָמִ֔ים מַכָּ֖ה...
THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations to which...
A SHADOWED VICTORY Judges 11:29 All the nations around were accustomed to offer those dearest to them in sacrifice to their cruel national deities. This was pre-eminently the case with the neighborin...
At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently th...
The coming of the Spirit of the Lord on Jephthah proved he was God's appointed leader. He immediately rose up and traveled through the area gathering an army to fight for the freedom of Gilead. This a...
_Aroer, upon the Arnon, belonged to the tribe of Gad. Menith was four miles from Hesebon, towards Rabbath. --- Abel was noted for its vineyards, 12 miles east of Gadara, so that Jephte pursued the ene...
Observe who it was that made Jephthah victorious. Yes! As in heaven so on earth, the armies of God overcame by the blood of the Lamb. It is always delightful to trace from whence our mercies flow; bec...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12. After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in the internal struggles which took place between the children of Israe...
AND HE SMOTE THEM FROM AROER,.... A city which lay near the river Arnon, on the borders of Moab, Deuteronomy 3:12 EVEN TILL THOU COME TO MINNITH; which seems to have been a place famous for wheat, Ez...
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, [even] twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the...
_Till thou come to Minnith_ A place not far from Rabbah, the chief city of the Ammonites. _The children of Ammon were subdued before Israel_ It does not appear that Jephthah offered to take possession...
1 The Couenant betweene Iephthah and the Gileadites, that hee should be their head. 12 The treaty of peace betweene him and the Ammonites is in vaine. 29 Iephthahs vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammon...
JEPHTHAH, AFTER HIS VICTORY, KEEPS HIS VOW...
PLAIN: Or, Abel...
29-40 Several important lessons are to be learned from Jephthah's vow. 1. There may be remainders of distrust and doubting, even in the hearts of true and great believers. 2. Our vows to God should n...
MINNITH; a place not far from Rabbah, the chief city of; the Ammonites....
Judges 11:33 defeated H5221 (H8686) Aroer H6177 far H935 (H8800) twenty H6242 cities H5892 Abel H58 Keramim H3754 (H8677) H64 very H3966 great H1419 slaughter H4347 people H1121 Ammon H5983 subdued H3...
Judges 11:32 a ‘So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them, and Yahweh delivered them into his hand, And he smote them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty c...
CONTENTS: Jeptha's awful vow and the victory over the Ammorites. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jeptha, his daughter. CONCLUSION: A Christian in the hands of the Spirit is assured of success in the u...
Judges 11:1. _Jephthah son of a harlot._ The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1. The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2., son of a hostess. Judges 11:3. _Vain men,_ rogues and rakes. The Hebrews...
_Jephthah the Gileadite._ JEPHTHAH It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and heartless in fulfilling; one whom...
_CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY_ Judges 11:1. CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 11:1. THE GILEADITE.] Many regard this as not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged to the clan...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 11:29 THEN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON JEPHTHAH, as upon Othniel, upon Gideon, and upon Samson (Judges 3:16; Judges 6:34; Judges 13:25; Judges 14:19; Judges 15:14). HE PASSED O...
He was a mighty man of valour, he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and the wife's sons when they grew up, they threw Jephthah out, and they said, Yo...
Deuteronomy 2:36; Ezekiel 27:17...
Minnith — A place not far from Rabbah, the chief city of the Ammonites. Subdued before Israel — It does not appear, that he offered to take possession of the country. Tho' the attempt of others to wro...
How could God allow Jephthah to offer his daughter up as a burnt offering? PROBLEM: Just before Jephthah went into battle against the people of Ammon, he made a vow to the Lord. The vow he made was th...