Judges 8:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. ”

Judges 8:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Turned again - Doubtless Gideon himself had no doubt prepared the way for this apostacy by his unauthorized ephod. The Law of Moses, with its strict unity of priesthood and altar, was the divinel...
Judges 8:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made (q) Baalberith their god. (q) That is, Baal, to whom they had bou...
Judges 8:33 - 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 8:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. A whoring after Baalim - This term has proba...
Judges 8:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Went a whoring after Baalim— As the same expression is made use of in Joshua 8:27 with regard to Gideon's ephod, we may reasonably conclude, that, in the former case, they were guilty of idolat...
Judges 8:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again,...
Judges 8:33 - 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 8:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Turned again. — Ad vomitum recdierunt (Serarius) ( Psalms 106:13 ; Psalms 106:21 ). Went a whoring after Baalim. — It was shown again afterwards, in the reign of Ahab, how rapidly unauthorised...
Judges 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful representation do the Scriptures of God afford, of the total depravity and corruption of the heart. In all ages it breaks out. Lord, what is man? Baal-berith, in the original, signifies...
Judges 8:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again ,.... from God, and the pure worship of him, to idolatry: and went a whoring after Baalim ; the gods of th...
Judges 8:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. Ver. 33. As soon as Gideon was dead. ] So...
Judges 8:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As soon as , &c. Whereby we see the temper of this people, who did no longer cleave to God, than they were in a manner constrained to it, by the presence and authority of the judges. Baalim Th...
Judges 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The children of Israel turned again; whereby we see the wicked temper of this people, who did no longer cleave to God than they were in a manner constrained to it by the presence and authority of t...
Judges 8:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And so it was that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and went a-whoring after the Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.' This is illustrated further in Judges 9 ....
Judges 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - 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 8:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Campaign
Judges 8:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 24:17 ; 2 Chronicles 24:18 ; 2 Kings 12:2 ; Exodus 34:15 ; Exodus 34:16 ; Jeremiah 3:9 ; Joshua 24:31 ; Judges 2:17 ; Judges 2:19 ; Judges 2:7-10 ; Judges 8:27 ; Judges 9:4 ;...
Judges 8:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As soon as, &c. — Whereby we see the temper of this people, who did no longer cleave to God, than they were in a manner constrained to it, by the presence and authority of their judges. Baalim...

Judges 8:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 8:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:33 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 8:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes