Bible Commentary

And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 5. Kamon ] Probably E. of Jordan, and perhaps identical with the Kamn mentioned by Polybius next after Pella as taken by Antiochus the Great (10:70, 12). Buhl thinks of umm, W. of Irbid ( Geogr., p. 256). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:5”

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead. 4. he had thirty sons ] Cf. Jdg 12:9; Jdg 12:14. The ‘sons’ are expressly connected with the thirty settlements of the clan. Numerous descendants … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:4”

And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 3. Jair, the Gileadite ] Called ‘the son of Manasseh’ in Num 32:41, Deu 3:14, cf. Jos 13:30; in 1Ch 2:21 ff. he is the great-grandson of Machir. Gilead was the name applied generally to the country E. of the Jordan, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:3”

And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 2. And he judged ] Jdg 10:3; see Jdg 3:10 n. and was buried, in Shamir ] ‘We are probably to infer that the tomb of the eponymous ancestor of the clan was in later times shewn at Shamir’ (Moore). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:2”

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 1. to save Israel ] Cf. Jdg 2:16; Jdg 2:18, Jdg 3:9 f. Tola the son of Puah ] According to Gen 46:13, Num 26:23 (P), … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 10:1”

And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. 57. the curse of Jotham ] See Jdg 9:20. The writer has a strong sense that God controls history, and that His control is just, Jdg 9:56. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:57”

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: Verse 56. Thus God rendered, c.] Both the fratricide Abimelech, and the unprincipled men of Shechem, had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man’s judgment may be avoided but there is no … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:56”

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 55. the men of Israel ] Though A. was only half an Israelite, his force was made up of Israelites; he put himself at the head of the Israelite enterprise against the Canaanites such were the natives … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:55”

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 54. armourbearer ] Cf. Jdg 7:10 f., 1Sa 31:4. and kill me ] and dispatch … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:54”

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to broke his skull. 53. upper millstone ] lit. ‘millstone of riding’; i.e. the upper stone of a mill turned by a handle, the lower stone being stationary. In Palestine the grinding of corn for the household was, and still … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:53”