Judges 9:17

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 4:16 ; Judges 7:1-25 ; Judges 8:4-10 ; Revelation 12:11 ; Romans 16:4 ; Romans 5:8

¹⁷ (For my father fought for you, and adventuredf his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Related Commentaries of Judges 9:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

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

Judges 9:17