Judges 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. ”

Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Adoni-bezek . Lord of Bezek. Bezek was seventeen miles south of Shechem. Compare 1 Samuel 11:8 . Compare Joshua 15:13-19 .
Judges 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And they found Adoni-bezek - The word מצא matsa, "he found," is used to express a hos...
Judges 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They found Adoni-bezek— Adoni signifies Lord, or Master; so that Adoni-bezek was evidently the King, or Lord, of Bezek. See Bochart's Hieroz. pars 1: lib. 2.
Judges 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They found, х wayimtsª'uw ( H4672 ), they found, came upon]. Adoni-bez...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They found. — The expression perhaps alludes to the suddenness of their march, which enabled them to take the lord of Bezek by surprise. Adoni-bezek. — This is not a proper name, but a title, me...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem that, as this verse is inclosed in a parenthesis, it only meant to notice what had been said before. Probably Jerusalem was taken in the wars of Joshua. See Joshua 10:1 , etc.
Judges 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek ,.... Who was king of, the place, and whose name signifies lord of Bezek; not that they took him there, for he is afterwards said to make his escape from thence, b...
Judges 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Ver. 5. And they found Adonibezek. ] Who had pompously called himself Lord of Beze...
Judges 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Adoni-bezek in Bezek He was the king or lord of that place, as his name imports, and, as it appears, he had fled into it for safety when he had lost the field. They fought against him That is, ag...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judah Attacks the Canaanites; The Punishment of Adoni-bezek. B. C. 1425. 1 Now after the...
Judges 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Adoni-bezek; the lord or king of Bezek, as his name signifies, in Bezek; whither he fled, when he had lost the field. Against him, i.e. against the city wherein he had encamped himself, and the...
Judges 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they found Adonibezek in Bezek, and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.' Adonibezek (‘my lord is Bezek') was a powerful local king, mentioned because...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Israel asked the Lord. Simplicity in prayer Just that! How we have modernised and complicated and destroyed prayer! “The children of Israel asked the Lord.” How simple, how dire...
Judges 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 1:1 After the death of Joshua . The events narrated in Joshua 1:1-6 . and Joshua 2:1-6 all occurred before the death of Joshua, as appears by Judges 2:8 , Judges 2:9...
Judges 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Overthrow of Various Enemies
Judges 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 1:5
Judges 1:5 - 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...
Judges 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Adoni — bezek — The lord or king of Bezek; as his name signifies. In Bezek — Whither he fled when he lost the field. Against him — That is, against the city wherein he had encamped himself, and the...

Judges 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes