Judges 8:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he calledi Abimelech. ”

Judges 8:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Judges 9:28 : neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jer...
Judges 8:31 - 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 8:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. His concubine - A lawful but secondary wife, whose children could not inherit. Whose name he called...
Judges 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His concubine that was in Shechem. — In Judges 9:18 she is contemptuously called his “maid servant.” The sequel ( Judges 9:1-4 ) seems to show that she belonged to the Canaanite population of She...
Judges 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his concubine that was in Shechem ,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as pr...
Judges 8:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. Ver. 31. And his concubine, ] i.e., His wife though in an inferior degree: a as having been befo...
Judges 8:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His concubine that was in Shechem She dwelt there, and he often went thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. Abimelech That is, my father the king; so he called him, proba...
Judges 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In Shechem; she dwelt there, and he oft came thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. Abimelech, i.e. my father the king ; so he called him, probably to gratify his concubin...
Judges 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - 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 8:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Campaign
Judges 8:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 16:15 ; Genesis 20:2 ; Genesis 22:24 ; Judges 9:1-5 ; Judges 9:18
Judges 8:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shechem — She dwelt there, and he often came thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. Abimelech — That is, my father the king; so he called him, probably, to gratify his concub...

Judges 8:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 8:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes