Judges 8:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: ”

Judges 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: Remembered not the Lord their God - They attributed their del...
Judges 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Remembered not the Lord their God. — According to Judges 9:46 , they looked on Baal as their Elohim, and forgot that Jehovah was the one God. There was always this tendency to syncretism, as a h...
Judges 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe how they forgot God, and how should they be grateful to man! How beautifully doth the Psalmist introduce to view, the wonderful goodness of God, when from the very sins of his people, the Lor...
Judges 8:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God ,.... Or, as the Targum, the worship of the Lord their God; they forgot him, and forsook him, which showed base ingratitude: who had de...
Judges 8:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: Ver. 34. Remembered not the Lord. ] Their idolamania had...
Judges 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 8:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the children of Israel did not remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side, nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, nam...
Judges 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - 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 8:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of the Campaign
Judges 8:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 12:1 ; Jeremiah 2:32 ; Psalms 106:18 ; Psalms 106:21 ; Psalms 78:11 ; Psalms 78:42

Judges 8:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 8:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 8:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 8:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 8:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 8:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 8:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 8:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 8:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 8:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 8:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 8:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 8:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 8:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 8:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 8:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 8:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 8:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge