Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:9
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
9. was sore distressed ] Cf. Jdg 2:15.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Moreover, the children of Ammon passed over Jordan,…. Not content with the oppression of the tribes on the other side Jordan, which had continued eighteen years, they came over Jordan into the land of Canaan to ravage that, and bring other of the tribes into subjection to them, particularly the three next mentioned, which lay readiest for them, when they were come over Jordan:
to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim who lay to the south and the southeast of the land of Canaan, and were the first the Ammonites had to fight with and subdue, when they had crossed Jordan to the east of it:
so that Israel was sore distressed; by the Ammonites in the east, threatening those three tribes, mentioned, and the Philistines on the west, who gave disturbance to the tribes that lay nearest them, as Asher, Zebulun, Naphtali, Issachar, and Dan; and this distress was begun the same year in different parts, by different enemies.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) Moreover.Rather, and. Eighteen years oppression of the Trans-jordanic tribes emboldened them to attack the others.
Was sore distressed.The same expression is used in Jdg. 2:19.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ And the children of Ammon passed over Jordan, to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was sore distressed.’
This indicates the power of this king of Ammon. He was strong enough not only to afflict the tribes east of the Jordan but also to make incursions west of the Jordan, and attack the larger tribes there. Indeed he may have done this periodically. His main aim there was tribute and booty, but east of Jordan it was also an attempt to annex back land which Ammon had lost to the Amorites centuries before, land which was now controlled by the Israelites,.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Ver. 9. Moreover the children of Ammon. ] Now that Jair was dead. Likens after the death of Hunniades, the Turks got further footing, and did great spoil in Christendom.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
passed: Jdg 3:12, Jdg 3:13, Jdg 6:3-5, 2Ch 14:9, 2Ch 20:1, 2Ch 20:2
distressed: Deu 28:65, 1Sa 28:15, 2Ch 15:5
Reciprocal: Jdg 2:15 – greatly Jdg 11:5 – made war 1Sa 13:6 – in a strait 2Ch 12:5 – Ye have forsaken me Isa 26:16 – in trouble