Judges 3:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. ”

Judges 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Ammon (Bent-Ammon), almost always so spoken of from their ancestor Ben-ammi Genesis 19:38 , seem to be under the leadership of the king of Moab, as do also the Amlekites: this is p...
Judges 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ehud, the Benjamite. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in Judges 3:12-15 a and Judges 3:30 . The story itself is a genuine folk-tale, handed down from century to century before bein...
Judges 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amalek. See note on Exodus 17:16 . palm trees. Compare Deuteronomy 34:3 .
Judges 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. The city of palm trees - This the Targum renders the city of Jericho; but J...
Judges 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Judges 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The children of Ammon. — They were closely allied with the Moabites by affinities of race and character. ( Genesis 19:37-38 .) We find them united with Moab against Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20:...
Judges 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD Judges 3:12-31 THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the judge witho...
Judges 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Delivered from Mesopotamian Oppression Judges 3:1-14 Our sins and failures will sometimes be so overruled as to promote the growth of our souls in the true knowledge of ourselves and of God. It...
Judges 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out th...
Judges 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The last servitude was eight years, and this eighteen. Observe, how the Lord, according to his promise, increaseth the stripes upon increased rebellion. See Leviticus 26:27-28 .
Judges 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek ,.... Either the Lord gathered them to Eglon, inclined them to enter into a confederacy with him, to assist in the war against Israel; or th...
Judges 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. Ver. 13. And possessed the city of palm trees. ] A poor city now, but th...
Judges 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

City of palm-trees That is, Jericho. Not the city which was demolished, but the territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp, for the fertility of that soil, and because of its nearness to the...
Judges 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL (vv. 1-6) The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not going to exempt...
Judges 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. B. C. 1336. 12 And the children of Isr...
Judges 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Jericho, as may be gathered from Deuteronomy 24:3 Judges 1:16 2 Chronicles 28:15 . Not the city, which was demolished, but the territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp, partly fo...
Judges 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and smote Israel and possessed the city of the palm trees.' This city of the palm trees must have been Jericho, for the champio...
Judges 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges 3:12-30 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 3:12 . Did evil again in sight of the Lord .] The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the s...
Judges 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:7 . The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves. So is the French. אשׁרות asheroth; rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin versions, lucis, light. The sense seems to be a revo...
Judges 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel. Sin--suffering; penitence and deliverance repeated I. New sin added: “Again” 1. A painful surprise. 2. Deeper guilt. It showed...
Judges 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 3:13 The children of Ammon . The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38 ; Deuteronomy 2:19 , Deuteronomy 2:37 ; Judges 10:6 , Judges 10:11 , Judge...
Judges 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ehud and the Moabites
Judges 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 34:3 ; Judges 1:16 ; Judges 5:14 ; Psalms 83:6 ; Psalms 83:7
Judges 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

City of Palm — trees — That is, Jericho. Not the city which was demolished, but the territory belonging to it. Here he fixed his camp, for the fertility of that soil, and because of its nearness to...

Judges 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 3:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes