Judges 12:15

In Pirathon. — The city of David’s hero, Benaiah (2 Samuel 23:30; 1Ma. 9:50; Jos. Antt. xiii. 1, § 3). It is now Feratah, six miles west of Shechem.

In the mount of the Amalekites. — The phrase is explained in Judges 12:14. It points to an early settlement of Amalekites in Central Palestine.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Three Minor Judges. Ibzan's home was probably Bethlehem in Zebulun ( Joshua 19:15 ), 7 m. from Nazareth, still called Beit-lahm. For Aijalon we...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mount . hill country.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ephraimites Quarrel with Jephthah. His Death 1-6. Jephthah and Ephraim. Once more the members of the leading tribe find themselves left out of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pirathon ] Possibly the modern Ferata, SW. of Shechem. Amalekites ] Probably the Amalekites had made a settlement in Mt. Ephraim.
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Fords of Ephraim Judges 12:1-15 In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he had showed to Ammon. He parleyed...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The men of Ephraim took the same action in the case of Jephthah as they had done in the case of Gideon. After his victory they complained that they h...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include the whole of these verses, and of the reign of three judges, comprising a period of twenty-five years, within the compass of one view, not...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS My soul! in all the contentions and animosities of life, and especially among brethren, never lose sight of Him, and his unequalled love...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abdon the son of Hillell the Pirathonite died ,.... At the end of his eight years' government; and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. Ver. 15. And...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mount of the Amalekites So called from some remarkable exploit, done by or upon the Amalekites in that place. It is strange, that in the history of...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Successors. B. C. 1112. 8...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So called from some remarkable exploit done either by or upon the Amalekites in that place.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.' H...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE ARROGANT EPHRAIMITES AND JEPHTHAH—THE JUDGES WITHOUT FAME ( Judges 12:1-15 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 12:1 . Gathered themselves together....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 12:3 . I put my life in my hands; a Hebraism of forcible import. David twice uses the same phrase. Now, to take the life of a man who had t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Abdon . .. had forty sons and thirty nephews. The time of peace For our instruction this we may learn, that in the time of peace, when there...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgeships of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites, that section...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:7 ; 2 Samuel 23:30 ; Exodus 17:8 ; Genesis 14:7 ; Judges 3:13 ; Judges 3:27 ; Judges 5:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mount of the Amalekites — So called from some remarkable exploit, done by, or upon the Amalekites in that place. It is strange, that in the history...

¹⁵ And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

Related Commentaries of Judges 12:15

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 12:15