Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31
The land - i. e. that portion of it which had suffered from the oppression of Moab, probably Benjamin and Ephraim chiefly (see Judges 3:11 )....
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the (k) land had rest fourscore years. (k) Meaning, the Israelites.
Ehud, the Benjamite. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in Judges 3:12-15 a and Judges 3:30 . The story itself is a genuine folk-tal...
years. The Septuagint adds "until he died".
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. The land had rest fourscore years - This is usually rec...
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. No JFB commentary o...
The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. T...
Fourscore ] two full generations.
The land. — Meaning, probably, the southern tribes. Fourscore years. — The LXX. add, “And Ehud judged them till he died.” Josephus ( Antt. v. 5...
THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD Judges 3:12-31 THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to one who is in strong contrast to...
the “Message from God” Judges 3:15-31 The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion because his was girded under his r...
God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably in this decl...
This Shamgar was the third of the Judges which judged Israel. We have but a short account of him. But even this is as a Deliverer. As he rescued Isra...
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel ,.... Or the Moabites were broken, as the Targum, that is, their forces in the land of Israel;...
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. Ver. 30. And the land had rest fourscore years. ]...
The land had rest fourscore years Not the whole land of Israel, but the eastern part of it, which had thus shaken off the yoke of Moab. For in the...
THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL (vv. 1-6) The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with learning it by means of the nation...
Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. B. C. 1336....
How these are to be understood, See Poole on " Judges 3:11 " . Instead of eighty , some copies read eight years.
‘ So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.' The Moabites no longer came to cause trouble to...
ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges 3:12-30 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 3:12 . Did evil again in sight of the Lord ....
Judges 3:7 . The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves. So is the French. אשׁרות asheroth; rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin vers...
The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel. Sin--suffering; penitence and deliverance repeated I. New sin added: “Again” 1....
EXPOSITION Judges 3:13 The children of Ammon . The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38 ; Deuteronomy 2:19 , Deuter...
Ehud and the Moabites
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Fourscore years — Chiefly that part of it which lay east of Jordan: for the other side of the country, which lay south — west, was even then infest...
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.