Judges 9:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middlek of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. ”

Judges 9:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The plain of Meonenim - Translate “the oak of the soothsayers” (see the margin). Some well-known oak, so called, but which is not mentioned elsewhere.
Judges 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sedition of the Shechemites. The statement that Abimelech was prince over Israel is an exaggeration, and the chronological note is probably by R. Judges 9:23 . The Shechemites soon tired of...
Judges 9:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

plain . oak.
Judges 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. By the plain of Meonenim - Some translate, by the way of...
Judges 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however,...
Judges 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By the middle of the land. — Literally, by the navel of the land. Probably the expression means some gently-swelling hill, but it perplexed the translators. The Chaldee renders it “the strength,”...
Judges 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Kindling Fire Judges 9:22-40 Although this is a sordid story, it is set out at length to teach us that God's judgments upon sin are not reserved for some future date, but are continually...
Judges 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, f...
Judges 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

One general observation runs through the whole of this history, and meets the Reader in every part of it: namely, that God's judgments, sooner or later, overtake the sinner. The Shechemites are first...
Judges 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Gaal spake again, and said ,.... Looking towards the mountains, and taking another view of what he before saw, for further satisfaction: see, there come people down by the middle of the land ;...
Judges 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. Ver. 37. By the plain of Meonenim. ] Or, Of the sooths...
Judges 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. B. C. 1206. 22 When Abimelech had reigned three ye...
Judges 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By the middle of the land, Heb. by the navel of the land . So he calls either, first, The middle of it, as the middle part of Greece and of Sicily are called the navel of them by the Roman write...
Judges 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Gaal spoke again, and said, “Look, people are coming down along the middle of the land, and one company comes by way of the Diviner's oak.” ' Gaal looked again and now he knew he was right....
Judges 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 9 ABIMELECH’S TRAGIC BUT BRIEF HISTORY ( Judges 9:22-57 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:22 . Had reigned ] ruled by force rather than by natural right , implying a hard, as opposed to...
Judges 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges...
Judges 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:22 Had reigned . The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from that in Judges 9:8 , Judges 9:10 , Judges 9:12 , Judges 9:14 , and elsewhere, where the rei...
Judges 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Gaal
Judges 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 18:14

Judges 9:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge