Judges 10:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjairb unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. ”

Judges 10:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he had thirty sons that (a) rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead. (a) Signifying, they were men of a...
Judges 10:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Tola and Jair. These are the first of five minor Judges, the other three being named in Judges 12:8-15 . Of the exploits of these Judges we know nothing. Only a few bare facts regarding their pare...
Judges 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. He had thirty sons, etc. - It appears t...
Judges 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. He had thirty sons that rode on t...
Judges 10:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ammonite Oppression 1-5. The Minor Judges, Tola and Jair.
Judges 10:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Had thirty sons. — An indication of his rank and position, which assumed an ostentatious polygamy. (Comp. Judges 8:30 .) That rode on thirty ass colts. — Comp. Judges 5:10 ; see on Judges 12:...
Judges 10:4 - 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 10:4 - 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 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There was an illustrious Jair before this man. Numbers 32:41 . Though Jair reigned twenty-two years, and was eminently distinguished as a father, with a numerous progeny, and provided for them nobly...
Judges 10:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

UNEVENTFUL TIMES ‘Thirty sons that rode on thirty ass = colts.’ Judges 10:4 I. There were no serious questions, no thrilling problems, to engage Israel at this time : and therefore the peop...
Judges 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he had thirty sons that rode upon thirty ass colts ,.... Which to ride on in those times was reckoned honourable, and on which judges rode in their circuit, Judges 5:10 and such might be these...
Judges 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead. Ver. 4. And he had thirty sons. ] A...
Judges 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jair, a Gileadite Of Gilead, beyond Jordan. He had thirty sons Who, it seems, were itinerant judges, and went from place to place, as their father's deputies, to administer justice. That rode on...
Judges 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Government of Tola and Jair. B. C. 1183. 1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Isr...
Judges 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rode on ass colts, because horses were scarce there, and were not to be multiplied by the king himself, Deuteronomy 17:16 . Hence their kings and kings children used to ride upon mules, 2 Samu...
Judges 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10 The Rise of Ammon. This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days their parts of Israel enjoyed peace, after which, by sinning against God Israel came into furthe...
Judges 10:4 - 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 10:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Havothjair Or, The villages of Jair. ( Numbers 32:41 ).
Judges 10:4 - 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 10:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 10:1 Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo . Nothing more is known of Tola than what is here told us, viz; his name, his parentage, his dwelling-place, his office, the le...
Judges 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgeship of Tola and Jair.
Judges 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 3:14 ; Judges 12:14 ; Judges 5:10 ; Numbers 32:41
Judges 10:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he had thirty sons — They were itinerant judges, who rode from place to place, as their father's deputies to administer justice. Havoth — jair — These villages were called so before this time f...

Judges 10:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 10:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 10:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 10:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 10:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 10:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 10:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 10:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 10:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Judges 10:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 10:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 10:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 10:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 10:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 10:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 10:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Judges 10:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 10:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 10:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 10:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 10:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes