Bible Commentary

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh. 2. the men of Shechem … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:2”

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 1. Shechem ] now Nblus (the Roman Flavia Neapolis), 30 miles N. of Jerusalem, 5 miles S.E. of Samaria, situated in a narrow, fertile valley, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:1”

Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [namely], Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel. Verse 35. Neither showed they kindness to the house of – Gideon] They were both unthankful and unholy. Though they had the clearest proofs of God’s power and goodness before their eyes, yet … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:35”

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: Verse 34. Remembered not the Lord their God] They attributed their deliverance to some other cause, and did not give him the glory of their salvation. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:34”

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. 33. made Baal-berith their god ] Baal-brth (Jdg 9:4; Jdg 9:46) was the Covenant-Baal, the god of the league between himself and his worshippers, or the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:33”

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 32. in a good old age ] Again in Gen 15:15 JE, Gen 25:8 P, 1Ch 29:28. Jdg 8:33-35 originally followed Jdg 8:28, according to the usual scheme. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:32”

And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. 31. his concubine that was in Shechem ] A connexion of this kind is illustrated by early Arabian custom: the woman, or ‘female friend’ ( ada), did not leave her home, the union was of a temporary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:31”

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 30. of his body begotten ] Only again in Gen 46:26 (‘which came out of his loins’) and Exo 1:5 P, cf. Gen 35:11 P. The more sons a man had, the greater his importance, cf. Jdg 10:4, Jdg … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:30”

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 29 . Originally this verse closed the narrative in Jdg 8:1-3, or that in Jdg 8:4-21. Jdg 8:30-32 form an introduction to the story of Abimelech in ch. 9; some such earlier mention of Abimelech is presupposed by Jdg 9:1. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:29”

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 28. The Deuteronomic editor’s conclusion of the story; cf. Jdg 3:30 n. and Jdg 3:11 n. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:28”