Psalms 83:10-12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Which perished at En-dor Either, 1st, The Midianites; or rather, Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown at Taanach and Megiddo, (Judges 5:19,) nigh unto which places was this En-dor, as appears from Joshua 17:11. They became as dung upon the earth They were trodden under foot, and their carcasses left unburied. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God The houses and lands of the Israelites, which their God, as they say, gave them in Canaan; but to which they have no rightful title. This was formerly objected by the Ammonites, as we see Judges 11:13, and the Ammonites were a chief party in this war. So they seem to call them houses of God by way of irony and derision.

Psalms 83:10-12

10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.