Verse 9<\/span>. I will break down this tower.<\/B><\/I>] Probably they had not only denied him, but insultingly pointed to a tower in which their chief defense lay; and intimated to him that he might do his worst, for they could amply defend themselves.<\/P> <\/p>\n Your confidence in which makes you thus proud and presumptuous. He implies that he would afterwards destroy their persons, as is expressed, Jdg 8:17<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 9. he spake . . ., When I come againin peace, I will break down this tower<\/B>Intent on the pursuit,and afraid of losing time, he postponed the merited vengeance tillhis return. His confident anticipation of a triumphant return evincesthe strength of his faith; and his specific threat was probablyprovoked by some proud and presumptuous boast, that in their loftywatchtower the Penuelites would set him at defiance. <\/P> Jud8:10-27<\/span>. ZEBAH ANDZALMUNNA TAKEN.<\/P><\/p>\n Ver. 9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel<\/strong>,…. In a threatening way, as he had spoken to the men of Succoth: saying, when I come again in peace: having conquered all his enemies, and delivered Israel from their bondage, and restored peace and prosperity to them, of which he had no doubt:<\/p>\n I will break down this tower<\/strong>; pointing to it and which stood in their city, and in which they placed their confidence; and when he threatened them, boasted of it as their security.<\/p>\n (9) When I come again in peace.<\/strong>Comp. 1Ki. 22:27<\/span>.<\/p>\n I will break down this tower.<\/strong>If the strength of their citadel emboldened them to refuse food to Gideons fainting warriors, it would also have helped to protect them against the dreaded vengeance of Midian.<\/p>\n ‘And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.” ’ <\/p>\n His response to the elders of Penuel was similar. They had a tower which was the strongpoint of the town, in which they took great pride. This suggests that the town guarded an important pass, a fact supported by the fact that Jeroboam later fortified it (1Ki 12:25<\/span>). When he returned he would destroy this fortified tower along with these men who had refused sustenance to their covenant brothers. Penuel means ‘the face of God’ which makes this even more poignant (see Gen 32:26<\/span>). They had turned their backs on the face of God. <\/p>\n Jdg 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.<\/p>\n Ver. 9. I will break down this tower.<\/strong> ] Whereon you bear yourselves so bold as if there were no coming at you; as if you were out of the reach of God’s rod and man’s revenge.<\/p>\n I come: 1Ki 22:27, 1Ki 22:28 <\/p>\n I will break: Jdg 8:17<\/p>\n 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again {f} in peace, I will break down this tower.<\/p>\n (f) Having gotten the victory.<\/p>\n And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. Verse 9. I will break down this tower.] Probably they had not only denied him, but insultingly pointed to a tower in which their chief defense lay; and intimated to him that he … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 8:9”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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