Judges 8:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. ”

Judges 8:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon Refuses a Kingdom, and Erects an Ephod. Long before the Israelites had any human kings. Yahweh was regarded as their Divine King, and Gideon, like Samuel ( 1 Samuel 8:7 ; 1 Samuel 10:19 ;...
Judges 8:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Judges 8:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 8:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with six o...
Judges 8:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Threescore and ten sons. — According to Oriental fashion, no account is taken of his daughters. He had many wives. — It is clear that Gideon was a king in all but name. This is the most magnific...
Judges 8:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-57 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion follows on h...
Judges 8:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Through Slaughter to a Throne” Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-6 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show ki...
Judges 8:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the deliverance from the oppression of Midian, Gideon had to deal with internal troubles. The people of Ephraim objected that he had not called them to his help. The men of Succoth and Penu...
Judges 8:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Although from the infirmities and corruptions of our fallen nature, many of the early followers of the Lord, had more than one wife, yet, the Holy Ghost hath pointed out both the sin and folly of it;...
Judges 8:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten ,.... Not after his victories, for it is plain he had children before; mention is made of Jether, his firstborn, as a youth able to draw a sword, and...
Judges 8:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. Ver. 30. Of his body begotten. ] Heb., Going out of his thigh, in which there are veins, say anatomists, that go...
Judges 8:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GRIEVOUS WORDS AND A SOFT ANSWER (vv. 1-3) But the men of Ephraim were resentful that Gideon had called them so late rather than when he began his campaign against Midian (v.1). They did not sto...
Judges 8:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel's Return to Idolatry. B. C. 1249. 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dw...
Judges 8:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 8:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his own body (literally ‘going out of his thigh'), for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem she also bore him a son, and he called his...
Judges 8:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 8 FINAL DEALING WITH THE ENEMY—GIDEON’S LAST DAYS. Judges 8:18-35 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 8:18 . Then said he , etc.] This must have taken place when Gideon arrived at home; for it wa...
Judges 8:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 8:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:16 . He taught the men of Succoth. The LXX read, he threshed them. This little city of forty or fifty families was blinded, in giving this answer to Gideon. Soldiers fighting for their...
Judges 8:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rule thou over us . .. for thou hast delivered us. Gideon’s after-life Many a man does well in times of difficulty and danger who fails entirely in prosperity. It remains for us to see wheth...
Judges 8:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 8:22 , Judges 8:23 Rule thou , etc. The gratitude of Israel to their great deliverer, added to a sense that it would be for their own security, and to a desire, alre...
Judges 8:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Campaign
Judges 8:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:3 ; 2 Kings 10:1 ; 2 Samuel 3:2-5 ; 2 Samuel 5:13-16 ; Deuteronomy 17:17 ; Ephesians 5:31-33 ; Exodus 1:5 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 46:26 ; Genesis 7:7 ; Judges 10:4 ; Judges 12...

Judges 8:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:30 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge