Judges 3:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. ”

Judges 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Judges 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. Ehud went forth. The whole circumstances of this daring act,-the death of Eglon without a...
Judges 3:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Judges 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then Ehud went forth through the porch. — Rather, into. The word rendered “porch” — misderônah — is derived from seder (“order”). The Chaldee represents it by a transliteration of the Greek w...
Judges 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Message from God” Judges 3:15-31 The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion because his was girded under his raiment on his right thigh. Eglon was also the mo...
Judges 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspici...
Judges 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Ehud went forth through the porch ,.... Which the Targum interprets by "exedra", a place, as Kimchi, where there were many seats, either for the people to sit in while waiting to have admittanc...
Judges 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. Ver. 23. And Ehud went forth through the porch. ] Or, Gallery, or guard chamber, with a compose...
Judges 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ehud went forth With a composed countenance and motion, being well assured that God, who by his extraordinary call had excited him to this enterprise, would, by his special providence, carry him th...
Judges 3:23 - 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 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. B. C. 1336. 12 And the children of Isr...
Judges 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ehud went forth, with a composed countenance and gait, without any fear; being well assured that God, who by his extraordinary call had put him upon that enterprise, would by his special providence...
Judges 3:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the parlour on him, and locked them.' The word for vestibule is otherwise unknown and its meaning not certain. But the import is clea...
Judges 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - 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 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ehud and the Moabites
Judges 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Went forth — With a composed countenance and gait, being well assured, that God, who by his extraordinary call had put him upon that enterprise, would by his special providence carry him through it...

Judges 3:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 3:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 3:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 3:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 3:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 3:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 3:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 3:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 3:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 3:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 3:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 3:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 3:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes