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chide. This was the beginning of the strife which ended in the division of the kingdom (1 Kings 12).
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Judges 8:2 open_in_new
What... ? Is not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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God. Elohim delivered His creatures; not Jehovah the Covenant-God. App-4.
anger. Hebrew. ruach, spirit (App-9). Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the angry manifestations of it.
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men. folk. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
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the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah.
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hosts. camps.
children. Hebrew sons.
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host. camp.
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Are... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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a. the.
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ornaments. crescent-shaped ornaments used still on necks of horses and camels.
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earrings. Hebrew. Nezem, Any ring worn in ear or nose. a nose ring in Genesis 24:47; Proverbs 11:22.Isaiah 3:21.Ezekiel 16:12. and "earring" in Genesis 35:4 and Exodus 32:2. Other passages doubtful (Judges 8:25.Job 42:11.Proverbs 25:12.Hosea 2:13; Hosea 2:13).
because. This parenthetical remark solves the difficulty of Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36, and Genesis 39:1. Ishmael and Midian were halfbrothers, sons of Abraham by Hagar and Keturah (Genesis 16:11; Genesis 16:12; Genesis 25:1; Genesis 25:2), All Midianites were Ishmaelites, but all Ishmaelites were not Midianites.
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ephod. Probably the priests were lax in restoring the worship of the true God. So that Gideon would have meant well and desired to judge well. Compare Judges 17:5, where Micah made another. The reason given being that "there was no king, and every man did what was right in his own eyes", Judges 17:6. and Judges 18:5, where it was used to "ask counsel"; and for the same reason, Judges 18:1.
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children. sons.
lifted up their heads no more. made no more attempts to vex.
was in quietness. See note on Judges 3:11.