Judges 10:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. ”

Judges 10:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Zidonians - An allusion to the time of Barak, when the Zidonians doubtless formed part of the great confederacy of Canaanites under Jabin king of Hazor. See Joshua 11:8 . The Amalekites -...
Judges 10:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Introduction to the Story of Jephthah. In this section we see the hand of D, and hear the recurrent notes of sin, suffering, repentance, and deliverance. Judges 10:7 . The reference to the Phil...
Judges 10:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Maonites. Compare 2 Chronicles 26:7 ; 2 Chronicles 26:8 . A mixture of Moabites and Ammonites. the two words combined.
Judges 10:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Judges 10:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Maonites— It is very uncertain who these Maonites were. Houbigant, with the Vulgate, reads Canaanites. The LXX, according to the Alexandrian manuscript and Roman edition, read Midianit...
Judges 10:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. Maonites - i:e., Midianites.
Judges 10:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ammonite Oppression 1-5. The Minor Judges, Tola and Jair.
Judges 10:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Sidonians. — Judges 3:3 ; Judges 18:7-28 . Nothing very definite is recorded of deliverance from the Sidonians; but (as we have seen) the narrative of the book is typical rather than exhausti...
Judges 10:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF Judges 10:1-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we learn first of the influence which the region called Gilead was coming to...
Judges 10:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Inveterate Idolatry Judges 10:1-16 The scene is now removed to the tribes across the Jordan, especially those settled, in Gilead and its vicinity. The children of Ammon were the aggressors, and...
Judges 10:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the death of Abimelech there seems to have been a period of forty years' quietness under the dictatorship of Tola and Jair. After this there appears to have broken out a period characteriz...
Judges 10:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These strong, but gracious expostulations, are all leading to repentance. They all convey, what would be justice indeed, but by grace accompanying them, they prepare for mercy. Oh! how precious is th...
Judges 10:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Zidonians also ,.... Who were left in the land to distress them, though there is no particular mention of them, and of the distress they gave them, and of their deliverance from it, which yet is...
Judges 10:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. Ver. 12. The Zidonians also, … and the Maonites.] Hereby it app...
Judges 10:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Zidonians We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done which are not recorded. The Maonites Either, first, those who lived in or near...
Judges 10:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

TOLA'S 23 YEARS AS JUDGE (vv. 1-2) Abimelech had been no help to Israel in his three years of authority, now another man, Tola of Issachar, "arose to save Israel" (v. 1). We are not told what he...
Judges 10:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Repentance and Reformation of Israel. B. C. 1161. 10 And the children of Israel cr...
Judges 10:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Zidonians also; for though we do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians, yet there might be such a thing; as many things were said and done, both in the Old and Ne...
Judges 10:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites did oppress you, and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hands.” The Zidonian oppression is not mentioned elsewhere but would h...
Judges 10:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FORTY-FIVE YEARS PASSED OVER IN SILENCE ( Judges 10:1-5 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 10:1 . After Abimelech. ] This man is recognised as having been a ruler in Israel, notwithstanding his scandal...
Judges 10:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 10:1 . Tola, son of Puah; therefore he was the grandson of Othniel's brother. God called him from the treasures of his providence, to nourish his people for twenty three years after evil ti...
Judges 10:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 10:6 Did evil again . We may conclude that Tola and Jair had used their influence to maintain the worship of Jehovah; but at their death idolatry broke out with more viru...
Judges 10:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oppression of the Philistines and Amorites
Judges 10:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:24 ; 2 Chronicles 26:6 ; 2 Chronicles 26:7 ; Joshua 15:55 ; Judges 5:19-31 ; Judges 6:3 ; Psalms 106:42 ; Psalms 106:43
Judges 10:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Zidonians — We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done, which are not recorded. The Maonites — Either first, those who lived in, or ne...

Judges 10:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 10:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 10:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 10:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 10:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 10:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 10:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 10:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 10:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 10:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 10:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 10:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 10:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 10:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 10:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 10:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 10:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 10:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 10:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes