Bible Commentary

And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their meat] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 7. Threescore and ten kings ] Seventy is a round number; the sheikhs of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:7”

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 6. and cut off ] A barbarity frequently practised in ancient warfare to mark the humiliation of the captives and prevent them from further mischief. Thus the Athenians are said to have decreed that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:6”

And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 5. And they found ] The plural verb is the natural continuation of Jdg 1:3. Adoni-bezek in Bezek ] The chieftain’s name was no doubt taken to mean ‘lord of Bezek,’ as though he were called … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:5”

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 4. This verse is made up of general phrases borrowed from Jdg 1:5-7, with the addition of the 10,000 a common round number, Jdg 3:29, Jdg 4:6, Jdg 7:3. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:4”

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 3. And Judah said unto Simeon his brother ] The personification of a tribe or nation is common in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:3”

And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 2 21. The conquests of Judah 2 . the land ] Not the whole land, but the part which had fallen to Judah’s lot. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And the Lord said – i. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:2”

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 1. And it came to pass after the death of Joshua ] The events which follow belong, however, to the life-time of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 1:1”

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill [that pertained to] Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. 33. Eleazar the son of Aaron ] It seems probable that Eleazar had died during the lifetime of Joshua. He was the third son of Aaron, by Elisheba, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:33”

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 32. And the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:32”

And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. 31. And Israel served the Lord ] The remarks here made as to the conduct of the nation after … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:31”