Psalms 78:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carryinga bows, turned back in the day of battle. ”

Psalms 78:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Ephraim - The sons of Ephraim; that is, the descendants of Ephraim; the tribe of Ephraim. Ephraim was one of the “largest” of the tribes of Israel, and was the “chief” tribe in th...
Psalms 78:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The children of (h) Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. (h) By Ephraim he means also the rest of the tribes, because they were most in number: whose punish...
Psalms 78:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical religion of the Samaritans. God, on the contrary,...
Psalms 78:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephraim. The mention of Ephraim is not "perplexing". See explanation in next verse, and in the events of Judges 12:1-6 . Jdg 12:17, Jdg 12:18: viz. the introduction of idolatry. It is sin which is...
Psalms 78:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. The children of Ephraim being armed, and shooting with the bow. The sacred writer sets before us an example of this unfaithfulness in the children of Ephraim. As those who are pertinaciou...
Psalms 78:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. The children of Ephraim - turned back - This refers to some defeat of the Ephraimites; and some think to...
Psalms 78:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The children of Ephraim, &c.— The sons of Ephraim, who were armed with the bow, were put to flight in the day of battle; Psalms 78:10 because he kept not, &c. Green: who renders the 1...
Psalms 78:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. -The Israelites failed to realize the high destination which was the very object for which God called...
Psalms 78:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people from the exodus down to the time of David, and dwells...
Psalms 78:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Armed, and carrying bows. — Following Jeremiah 4:29 , and from analogy with Jeremiah 44:9 (“handle and bend the bow”) we get as literal rendering of the Hebrew here, drawing and shooting with t...
Psalms 78:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israel, and especially the Exodus and wilderness wander...
Psalms 78:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the location of God's sanctuary, and its final transfer wit...
Psalms 78:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is set forth in bold relief. The purpose of the psalm...
Psalms 78:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers. Perhaps, as in several other parts of scripture,...
Psalms 78:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The children of Ephraim being armed, and carrying bows ,.... Or "casting" arrows out of the "bow" a; they went out well armed to meet the enemy, and they trusted in their armour, and not in the Lord...
Psalms 78:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. Ver. 9. The children of Ephraim being armed, &c. ] This the Rabbis interpret of eight thousand Ep...
Psalms 78:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children of Ephraim, being armed, turned back in the day of battle “This defeat of the Ephraimites,” says Dr. Hammond, from Kimchi, “was in the desert: and although the story be not mentioned i...
Psalms 78:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites. ...
Psalms 78:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The children of Ephraim: this passage concerns, either, 1. The tribe of Ephraim, and some exploit of theirs, wherein they met with this disaster; whether it were that mentioned 1 Chronicles 7:2...
Psalms 78:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the celebrated Asaph in the time of David. Occasion...
Psalms 78:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflected. Psalms 78:9 . The children of Ephraim, bei...
Psalms 78:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to which the words were set, as is now the practice...
Psalms 78:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. God in human history I. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes...
Psalms 78:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period subsequent to the Captivity, is generally allowed...
Psalms 78:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Review of Israel's History as a Source of Consolation. Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children of Israel in the wonderful ways of the Lord and to warn them against a...
Psalms 78:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 31:1 ; 1 Samuel 4:10 ; Deuteronomy 1:41-44 ; Joshua 17:16-18 ; Judges 9:28 ; Judges 9:38-40 ; Luke 22:33
Psalms 78:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephraim — That Ephraim is here put for all Israel seems evident from the following verses, wherein the sins, upon which this overthrow is charged, are manifestly the sins of all the children of Isr...

Psalms 78:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 78:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 78:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 78:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 78:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 78:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 78:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 78:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 78:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes