Judges 3:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia:a and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. ”

Judges 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Here we hold again the thread of the proper narrative, which seems as if it ought to have run thus Judges 1:1 : Now, etc. Judges 3:8 , therefore (or “and”) etc. Served Chushan-Rishathaim - T...
Judges 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Othniel the Kenite. The brief account of the oppression of Israel by the Aramæ ans, and of their deliverance by Othniel, is the work of D, whose familiar categories apostasy, Divine anger, oppressi...
Judges 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sold. Compare Judges 2:14 . Jdg 2:14490 years since Abraham left Mesopotamia.
Judges 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. Chush...
Judges 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia— King of Mesopotamia, appears to be the interpretation of Chushan-rishathaim. Mesopotamia was situated between the Tigris and Euphrates, and thence had i...
Judges 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishatha'im king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishatha'im eight year...
Judges 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Judges 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim. — If the reading of all the MSS. be correct, this must be a term of hatred rather than a name, for it means “Cushan of the double wickedness.” Some MSS. of the...
Judges 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ARM OF ARAM AND OF OTHNIEL Judges 3:1-11 WE come now to a statement of no small importance, which may be the cause of some perplexity. It is emphatically affirmed that God fulfilled His des...
Judges 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have the relation of the first conqueror of Israel. King of Mesopotamia means, in the midst of rivers; probably so called from being situated between the two great rivers, the Euphrates and t...
Judges 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel ,.... Because of their idolatry; see Judges 2:14 ; and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim, king of Mesopotamia ; or Aramnaharai...
Judges 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. Ver...
Judges 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim So that the first enemies that oppressed the Israelites were the Syrians; who, either out of hatred, or a desire to enlarge their dominions, came ov...
Judges 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Government of Othniel. B. C. 1336. 8 Therefore the anger of the L ORD was hot aga...
Judges 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Were made subject and tributary to him.
Judges 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, a king of Aram-naharaim. And the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight y...
Judges 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS.— Judges 3:5-11 GREAT SIN AND SEVERE CHASTISEMENT CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 3:5 . And the children of Israel dwelt.] Here are two downward steps at once—a refusal to drive out...
Judges 3:8 - 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 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. Israel in servitude 1. This was the first servitude of the Israelites ever since they came out of their house of bondage in Eg...
Judges 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This section introduces us into the actual narrative of the Book of Judges, the prefatory matter being now concluded. The whole book proceeds on the same model as this section does. T...
Judges 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Othniel Judge of Israel
Judges 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:9 ; Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Exodus 22:24 ; Habakkuk 3:7 ; Isaiah 50:1 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 2:20 ; Judges 4:9 ; Psalms 6:1 ; Psalms 85:3 ; Romans 7:14
Judges 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Served — That is, were made subject to him. Mesopotamia was that part of Syria which lay between the two great rivers, Tigris and Euphrates. This lay at such a distance, that one would not have tho...

Judges 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes