What does Judges 6:35 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gatheredk after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them."
His own tribe, Manasseh, and the three northern tribes of Asher, Zebulon, and Naphtali hastened to join him. Issachar was probably unable to do so, because the Midianites were encamped in the heart of...
4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_ 2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7) 3. Gideon, the deliv...
THE MIDIANITE RAID, AND THE SIGN OF THE FLEECE. The broad and deep Vale of Jezreel, lying between Gilboa and Moreh, leads up from Jordan to the Great Plain. Judges 6:34. Gideon now felt the Divine im...
_The Midianite invasion; the sign of the fleece_ 33 _.Then all the Midianites … assembled themselves_ Better, _Now all the M.… had assembled themselves_. This verse may be connected with Judges 6:7_;...
_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_ 11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the...
GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different tradit...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the ideal judge like Mose...
THROUGHOUT ALL MANASSEH. — The loyalty with which his own clan, the Abi-ezrites, rallied round him gave him a right to claim still wider support. ASHER. — This tribe, by faithfulness on this occasion...
וּ מַלְאָכִים֙ שָׁלַ֣ח בְּ כָל ־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַ יִּזָּעֵ֥ק גַּם ־ה֖וּא אַחֲרָ֑יו וּ מַלְאָכִ֣ים שָׁלַ֗ח...
"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33; Judges 7:1 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summit and holier...
BEGINNING REFORM AT HOME Judges 6:28 The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had stood the divine test; can you wonde...
After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
_Him. Hebrew, "them." (Menochius) --- The people readily obey the summons, though many of them had not got the better of their fears, chap. vii. 3. (Haydock)_...
Though clothed and armed with the Spirit of the Lord, yet, as the Lord is graciously pleased to work with human instruments, Gideon calls in the Lord's people to his aid. And are we not taught to do t...
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...
But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
AND HE SENT MESSENGERS THROUGH ALL MANASSEH,.... Of which tribe he was; not only he called by the trumpet that part of the tribe, the Abiezrites, who were within the sound of it, but the rest of the t...
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. Ver. 35. _And t...
_All Manasseh_ On both sides of Jordan. _Unto Asher_, &c. Because these tribes were nearest, and so could soonest join with him; and were nearest the enemy also, (Judges 6:33,) and therefore were most...
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance. 17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire. 24 Gideon destroyet...
GIDEON GRANTED SPECIAL SIGNS...
THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven years...
33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midia...
THROUGHOUT ALL MANASSEH, on both sides of Jordan. UNTO ASHER, ZEBULUN, AND NAPHTALI; because these tribes were nearest to him, and so could soonest join with him; and were nearest the enemy also, JUDG...
Judges 6:35 sent H7971 (H8804) messengers H4397 Manasseh H4519 gathered H2199 (H8735) behind H310 sent H7971 (H8804) messengers H4397 Asher H836 Zebulun H2074 Naphtali H5321 up H5927 (H8799) meet H712...
‘ And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together after him, and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.' Gid...
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...
CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon. CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon, prophet, Joash. CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest ser...
Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3. _The children of the e...
_He blew a trumpet, and Abi-ezer was gathered after him._ THE MUSTER And what did he do? He seized a trumpet and blew a blast so loud that it startled the slumbering echoes of the hills, and stirred...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions (Judges 7:1); the second time he did not (Judges 8:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var...
CHAPTER 6—_Judges 6:33_ PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:33. THEN ALL THE MIDIANITES AND THE AMALEKITES.] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3, and ch. Judges 3:13. God puts a...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:33 THE MIDIANITES, etc. See Judges 6:3, note. THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL. Rather, _the_ _plain_,_ _"the great plain of Esdraelon," as the Book of Judith styles it (Judith 1:8; see Judg...
So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six, AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the han...
2 Chronicles 30:6...
GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST Judges 6:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
All Manasseh — On Both sides of Jordan. Unto Asher, &c. — Because these tribes were nearest, and so could soonest join with him; and were nearest the enemy also, Judges 6:33, and therefore were most s...