Judges 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Jerusalem. The first occurrence is in Joshua 10:1, in connection with Adoni-zedek's fear of its being "utterly destroyed" like Ai. Here, in Judges 1:8, we have. picture of its future history in miniature. See App-63. The Tel-el- Amarna tablets contain. long correspondence with Egypt about 1400 B.C.

taken it. The citadel not taken till 2 Samuel 5:6-9, by David.

Judges 1:8

8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.