Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 12:15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
15. in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites ] The Amalekites, however, were settled not in Ephraim, but in the Negeb, S. of Judah. It is true that ch. Jdg 5:14 brings Ephraim into connexion with Amalek, but the text is too uncertain (see note in loc.) to be used in support of the present passage. Moore ( Polychr. Bible) notices that a group of mss. of LXX read ‘in the hill country of Ephraim, in the land of Sellm,’ cf. 1Sa 9:4, where the Saaleim of LXX. cod. A . = the Hebr. Shalim. Since there is no way of accounting for the reading of these mss. by any confusion of letters, it may well be that they have preserved the true text here: in the hill country of E ., in the land of Shalim.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So called from some remarkable exploit done either by or upon the Amalekites in that place.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Abdon the son of Hillell the Pirathonite died,…. At the end of his eight years’ government;
and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites; in the place where he was born, and from whence he had the name of a Pirathonite; and this was in the tribe of Ephraim, and the particular spot was Mount Amalek; so called either from the name of the person to whom it belonged, or because the Amalekites formerly dwelt in it; or rather because of some remarkable advantage got over them at this place: here, Josephus says e, this judge had a magnificent funeral.
e Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7.) sect. 15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) In Pirathon.The city of Davids hero, Benaiah (2Sa. 23:30; 1Ma. 9:50; Jos. Antt. xiii. 1, 3). It is now Feratah, six miles west of Shechem.
In the mount of the Amalekites.The phrase is explained in Jdg. 12:14. It points to an early settlement of Amalekites in Central Palestine.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.’
Here was another Pirathonite who lived and died in honour and was gathered to his fathers. The ‘hill country of the Amalekites’ may have commemorated a great battle with the Amalekites, or have been their former dwelling place, or there may even have been a small group who dwelt there.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
REFLECTIONS
My soul! in all the contentions and animosities of life, and especially among brethren, never lose sight of Him, and his unequalled love, who passeth by the repeated provocations of thy sinful nature, and in return for thy manifold instances of ingratitude, pours himself, and his fullness of mercies into thy bosom. Precious Jesus! thou hast indeed endured the contradiction of sinners against thyself, and on the cross remembered our poor blind nature, when in that sweet prayer, thou didst call upon the Father to forgive the sins of ignorance, for they knew not what they did. Wilt thou be pleased, dearest Lord, to be to me all I need. Do thou fill up all relations: make up the want of every tie of natural affinities, and so influence my soul by the constraining graces of thine Holy Spirit, that the language of my heart may be the true Shibboleth of thy gospel; so as never to betray thy interest, nor give the enemy cause to blaspheme; but that thy name, thy person, thy righteousness, thy salvation, may be as ointment poured forth, for the fragrancy of it, and my mouth may daily speak of it among the people, for I know no end thereof.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Ver. 15. And was buried in Pirathon. ] Where Benaiah, David’s worthy, was born: and God loveth the places the better for that such and such of his servants were “born there.” Psa 87:4-6
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mount = hill country.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
am 2848, bc 1156, An, Ex, Is, 335
Pirathonite: 2Sa 23:30
in the mount: Jdg 3:13, Jdg 3:27, Jdg 5:14, Gen 14:7, Exo 17:8, 1Sa 15:7
Reciprocal: Deu 11:29 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 12:15. Mount of the Amalekites So called from some remarkable exploit, done by or upon the Amalekites in that place. It is strange, that in the history of all these judges, there is not so much as once mention of the high-priest, or of any other priest or Levite, appearing either for counsel or action in any public affair, from Phinehas to Eli, which may well be computed two hundred and fifty years! Surely this intimates that the institution was chiefly intended to be typical, and that the benefits which were promised by it were to be chiefly looked for in its antitype, the everlasting priesthood of Christ, in comparison of which that priesthood had no glory.