Psalms 78:9

1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 4:10; Deuteronomy 1:41-44; Joshua 17:16-18; Judges 9:28; Judges 9:38-40; Luke 22:33

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Ephraim - The sons of Ephraim; that is, the descendants of Ephraim; the tribe of Ephraim. Ephraim was one of the “largest” of the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The children of (h) Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. (h) By Ephraim he means also the rest of the trib...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephraim. The mention of Ephraim is not "perplexing". See explanation in next verse, and in the events of Judges 12:1-6 . Jdg 12:17, Jdg 12:18: viz...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. The children of Ephraim being armed, and shooting with the bow. The sacred writer sets before us an example of this unfaithfulness in the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. The children of Ephraim - turned back - This refers to...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The children of Ephraim, &c.— The sons of Ephraim, who were armed with the bow, were put to flight in the day of battle; Psalms 78:10 beca...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. -The Israelites failed to realize the high destinat...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This v. does not refer to a particular incident, but is a general figurative description of Ephraim's opportunity and failure, anticipating what is s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Armed, and carrying bows. — Following Jeremiah 4:29 , and from analogy with Jeremiah 44:9 (“handle and bend the bow”) we get as literal renderin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Learning from the Fathers Psalms 78:1-12 This psalm is said to have arisen, from a strong controversy between Judah and Ephraim as to the locat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only refer to the history of Israel in the wilderness, to discover to what particular period of the church the prophet in these verses refers...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The children of Ephraim being armed, and carrying bows ,.... Or "casting" arrows out of the "bow" a; they went out well armed to meet the enemy, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. Ver. 9. The children of Ephraim being armed, &c...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children of Ephraim, being armed, turned back in the day of battle “This defeat of the Ephraimites,” says Dr. Hammond, from Kimchi, “was in the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The children of Ephraim: this passage concerns, either, 1. The tribe of Ephraim, and some exploit of theirs, wherein they met with this disaster;...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflec...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. God in human history I. A people is a community that...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Review of Israel's History as a Source of Consolation. Maschil of Asaph, a didactic poem, intended to instruct the children of Israel in the won...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, fully equipped for battle, turned back in the day of battle; although this tribe possessed...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephraim — That Ephraim is here put for all Israel seems evident from the following verses, wherein the sins, upon which this overthrow is charged,...

⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carryinga bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:9