Judges 6:4

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gaza indicates the extreme point south to which they spread their devastations, crossing the Jordan near Bethshan (Scythopolls), and entering by th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto (b) Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither she...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Depredations of the Midianites. D, whose phrases occur in Judges 6:1 f., Judges 6:6 , sees in the ebb and flow of Israel's fortune an index...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon and the Midianites The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33 , is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unto Gaza ] i.e. the whole country from the Jordan to the coast. Gaza was a Philistine town on the SW. of Palestine which they did not venture to pa...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They encamped against them. — It is not implied that there were any battles. The Israelites were too wretched and helpless to offer any resistance....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH Judges 6:1-14 JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned into ploughshares, we...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Mercy of Midian Judges 5:24-31 ; Judges 6:1-6 What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strengt...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the seve...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How hath the Holy Ghost marked with precision, this very state of punishment which the Lord exercises over the sins of his people. See Leviticus 26:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they encamped against them ,.... Formed a camp, from whence they sent out parties to plunder the people; or "they were fixing their tents among...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children of the east Probably the Ishmaelites, or Arabians, especially the eastern part of them. Unto Gaza That is, from the east, on which s...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Till thou come unto Gaza, i.e. from the east, on which side they entered, to the west, where Gaza was near the sea; so they destroyed the whole lan...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth as far as Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISRAEL’S RELAPSE INTO SIN, AND THEIR OPPRESSION BY THE MIDIANITES. Judges 6:1-10 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:1 . Did evil , etc.] Not continued...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could n...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven yea...
The Biblical Illustrator

Because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens . .. and caves and strongholds. Divine punishment through natural means...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 6:1 Midian . In Numbers 22:7 we read of the Midianites as allied with the Moabites in their hostility to the children...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Oppression of Midian
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, by wantonly plundering and devastating the harvest-fields, till thou come u...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:30 ; Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Genesis 10:19 ; Genesis 13:10 ; Jeremiah 49:10 ; Jeremiah 49:9 ; Leviticus 26:16...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Unto Gaza — That is, from the east, on which side they entered, to the well, where Gaza was, near the sea: so they destroyed the whole land.

⁴ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

Related Commentaries of Judges 6:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Sermon Bible 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 6:4