Judges 1:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: ”

• Judges 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine. From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn...

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• Judges 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Debir... Kirjath-sepher. See note on Joshua 11:21 and Jdg 15:49.

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• Judges 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

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• Judges 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Judah went against the Canaanites— See on Joshua 15:18-19 . The expedition against Hebron seems placed here by way of recapitulation, on account of the other conquests of the tribe of Judah. T...

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• Judges 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: Debir. Its Canaanite name was Kirjath-sannah - i:e., 'city of palm' ( Joshua 15:49 )...

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• Judges 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Introductory ( Judges 1:1 to Judges 3:4 ) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of the early conquest of Palestine, told from a some...

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• Judges 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Debir. — See Joshua 15:15 ; Joshua 15:49 . In Joshua 10:38-39 , its conquest is assigned to Joshua. The name means “the oracle.” It afterwards became a Levitic town. There seem to have been two...

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• Judges 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  PROBLEMS OF SETTLEMENT AND WAR Judges 1:1-11 IT was a new hour in the history of Israel. To a lengthened period of serfdom there had succeeded a time of sojourn in tents, when the camp of the t...

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• Judges 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Renewing the Conquest Judges 1:1-15 The land had been given. There could be no doubt about that. In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: “Unto thy seed have I give...

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• Judges 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens with a description of the general condition of affa...

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• Judges 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  We had this interesting account before, in the preceding book of Joshua, to which I therefore refer the Reader. See Joshua 15:15-19 .

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• Judges 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher. Joshua 15:15 .

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• Judges 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. Ver. 11. In the way of Cain ] The devil's patr...

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• Judges 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED (vv. 1-26) Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but realizes that there is territory that should be possessed. They therefore appeal to...

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• Judges 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Conquests of Judah. B. C. 1425.       9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fig...

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• Judges 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Judges 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.' After Hebron Caleb's next object was Debir, a city at the southern end of the Judean h...

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• Judges 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:8 . Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] Heb . = “ fought ,” the pluperfect form not being given in the original. Still, the sense is, “ they formerly fought...

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• Judges 1:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Judges 1 and Judges 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courage, a man, fit not only for battle, but for tedious...

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• Judges 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Judges 1:1 . After the death of Joshua, whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed, Numbers 27:21 , by Phinehas the priest. Judges...

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• Judges 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Kirjath-sepher. The Book-Town The name Kirjath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point to the existence of a semi-popular literature among the pre-Judaean inhabitants of Canaan. W...

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• Judges 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Judges 1:8 Read Fought against Jerusalem , and took it , and smote it. It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploits of Judah and Simeon in conquering their respect...

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• Judges 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Overthrow of Various Enemies

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• Judges 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Joshua 10:38 ; Joshua 10:39 ; Joshua 15:15

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• Judges 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Jude's Certain Men The Book of Jude INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than in the Book of Jude. No photographer ever made a...

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