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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Judges
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 137,835 words · 348 reading sections
Judges 11:7
Judges 11:7 Ver. 7. And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,.... In answer to their request; who though not backward to engage in the war with them, yet thought it proper to take this opportunity to upbraid them with their former unkindness to him: did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? for it…
217 wordsSECTION 182Judges 11:8
Judges 11:8 Ver. 8. And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,.... In reply to his objection: therefore we turn again unto thee now; being sensible of the injury they had done him, and repenting of it, of which their return to him was an evidence; it being with this view to remove the disgrace and dishonour that ha…
241 wordsSECTION 183Judges 11:9
Judges 11:9 Ver. 9. And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,.... Considering the former usage he had met with from them, and the character which he himself bore, and the fickleness of men, when their turn is served, was willing to make a sure bargain with them: if ye bring me home again to fight against the child…
131 wordsSECTION 184Judges 11:10
Judges 11:10 Ver. 10. And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,.... Assenting to his proposal, and not only giving their word for it, but their oath: the Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words; that is, make him head over them; they appealed to the omniscient God, and called on him to b…
122 wordsSECTION 185Judges 11:11
Judges 11:11 Ver. 11. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Israel,.... From the land of Tob into the land of Gilead, his native country: and the people made him head and captain over them; ratified and confirmed what the elders had promised, and by a general unanimous vote appointed him both to be the captain of the…
323 wordsSECTION 186Judges 11:12
Judges 11:12 Ver. 12. And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon,.... Being now declared chief and sole governor of the tribes on the other side Jordan, he acted in character, and as such sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, to know the reason of his invading the land that belonged to…
165 wordsSECTION 187Judges 11:13
Judges 11:13 Ver. 13. And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah,.... Who this king of Ammon was is not said, however he returned an answer to Jephthah's messengers, which they brought to him, and it was to this purpose; that the reason of his invading the land, and bringing war int…
259 wordsSECTION 188Judges 11:14
Judges 11:14 Ver. 14. And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon. Being willing to give him all the satisfaction he could, and if possible live peaceably with him, and prevent the effusion of blood.…
41 wordsSECTION 189Judges 11:15
Judges 11:15 Ver. 15. And said unto him,.... By his messengers: thus saith Jephthah; in a majestic style, as governor of Israel: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; they were charged not to take any, nor did they take any that belonged to any of these countries, or that was …
100 wordsSECTION 190Judges 11:16
Judges 11:16 Ver. 16. But when Israel came up from Egypt,.... In order to go to the land of Canaan, which was higher than the land of Egypt, which lay low {k}: and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea; which is to be understood not of their walking to it; when they first came out of Egypt, they indeed then …
137 wordsSECTION 191Nu 33:35
Nu 33:35 and came to Kadesh; not Kadeshbarnea, from whence the spies were sent, but Kadesh on the borders of Edom, from whence messengers were sent to the king of it, as follows. {k} cyamalov aiguptov Theocrit. Idyll. 17. ver. 79. Judges 11:17Ver. 17. Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom,.... The history …
5,979 wordsSECTION 192Judges 12:1
Judges 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 12 This chapter relates a quarrel between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, which was fatal to the latter, Jud 12:1, the time of Jephthah judging Israel, his death and burial, Jud 12:7 and it briefly makes mention of three more judges of Israel, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon, Jud 11:8. Ver. 1…
434 wordsSECTION 193Judges 12:2
Judges 12:2 Ver. 2. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at a great strife with the children of Ammon,.... As to the cause of the war, or the reason of his going over to fight the children of Ammon, it was a strife or contention between the Gileadites and them, concerning their country; which the children…
245 wordsSECTION 194Judges 12:3
Judges 12:3 Ver. 3. And when I saw that ye delivered me not,.... Gave him no assistance against their common enemy, did not attempt to save him and his people out of their hands, but left them to defend themselves: I put my life in my hands; ready to deliver it up in the defence of his country; the meaning is, that h…
288 wordsSECTION 195Judges 12:4
Judges 12:4 Ver. 4. Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim,.... The Ephraimites not being pacified with the account Jephthah gave of the war between him and the children of Ammon, but continuing in their tumultuous outrage; he, being a man of spirit and courage, got as many of t…
349 wordsSECTION 196Judges 12:5
Judges 12:5 Ver. 5. And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites,.... Being either swifter of foot, or going a nearer and shorter way, being better acquainted with their own country: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, let me go over; the fugitives of Ephraim, …
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Judges 12:6 Ver. 6. Then said they unto him, say now "Shibboleth",.... Which signifies a stream or course of water, at which they now were; and so it was as if they had bid them say, "may I, or let me, pass over the stream of this river;'' so Jarchi; and this being the case, though it was done to try them, and by th…
376 wordsSECTION 198Judges 12:7
Judges 12:7 Ver. 7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years,.... After the affair of the Ephraimites, he was acknowledged by all Israel as their judge and supreme governor, but did not live long; being perhaps depressed and worn away with grief, on account of his daughter, and other troubles that attended him: then died…
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Judges 12:8 Ver. 8. And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, Jos 19:15 of which some think this man was; and another in the tribe of Judah, the city of Jesse and David, and of the Messiah; and Josephus says {x}, Ibzan was of the tribe of Judah, of the city…
117 wordsSECTION 200Judges 12:9
Judges 12:9 Ver. 9. And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters,.... Which was a very uncommon case for a man to have so many children, and those as to their sex to be equal. Between the former judge and him there was a great difference, in respect of this circumstance of children; he had but one daughter, an only chi…
297 wordsSECTION 201Judges 12:10
Judges 12:10 Ver. 10. Then died Ibzan, and was buried in Bethlehem. He died at the end of his seven years of government, and was buried in his native place; nothing memorable having happened during his being judge; this is all that is recorded of him.…
47 wordsSECTION 202Judges 12:11
Judges 12:11 Ver. 11. And after him Elon a Zebulonite judged Israel,.... One of the tribe of Zebulun: and he judged Israel ten years; administered justice to them, preserved them in the true religion, and from idolatry; though it does not appear that any enemies arose in his time against them, from whom he delivered …
57 wordsSECTION 203Judges 12:12
Judges 12:12 Ver. 12. And Elon the Zebulonite died,.... At the end of his ten years of government: and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun; which is added to distinguish it from another Aijalon in the tribe of Dan Jud 1:35.…
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Judges 12:13 Ver. 13. And after him Abdon the son of Hillell, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. So called from Pirathon, where he was born, and which was in the tribe of Ephraim, as appears from Jud 12:15.…
39 wordsSECTION 205Judges 12:14
Judges 12:14 Ver. 14. And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews,.... Or sons' sons, that is, grandsons; so that he lived not only to see his sons married, but his grandchildren grown up to men's estate; since it follows, that rode on seventy ass colts; who were either employed by him to ride about on these animals, w…
170 wordsSECTION 206Judges 12:15
Judges 12:15 Ver. 15. And Abdon the son of Hillell the Pirathonite died,.... At the end of his eight years' government; and was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites; in the place where he was born, and from whence he had the name of a Pirathonite; and this was in the tribe of Eph…
131 wordsSECTION 207Judges 13:1
Judges 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 13 This chapter relates the birth of Samson, another of the judges of Israel, which was foretold by an angel to his mother, who told her husband of it, Jud 13:1 upon whose entreaty the angel appeared again, and related the same to them both, Jud 13:8 and who was very, respectfully t…
289 wordsSECTION 208Judges 13:2
Judges 13:2 Ver. 2. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,.... Of the tribe of Dan, in which tribe Zorah was, and seems to have lain both on the borders of Judah and Dan, Jos 15:33; See Gill on "Jos 15:33", See Gill on "Jos 19:41", and this man was not a mean man, but of rank and figure, a…
226 wordsSECTION 209Judges 13:3
Judges 13:3 Ver. 3. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman,.... According to Josephus {k}, it was in a plain without the city; and that he appeared in the form of a man is certain from Jud 13:6 but was not a mere man, a prophet of the Lord, nor a created angel, but the uncreated one, the Angel of the covena…
198 wordsSECTION 210Judges 13:4
Judges 13:4 Ver. 4. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,.... Any liquor inebriating and intoxicating, neither new wine nor old wine, as the Targum, and so Jarchi; the reason of this appears in the next verse, because the child she should conceive and bear was to be a Nazarite, and to…
191 wordsSECTION 211Judges 13:5
Judges 13:5 Ver. 5. For, lo, thou shalt conceive and bear a son,.... Which is not only repeated for the confirmation of it, but that she might take notice that he was to be a Nazarite, and therefore must conform to everything agreeable to the law of the Nazarites, and take care that it was observed in him: and no raz…
327 wordsSECTION 212Judges 13:6
Judges 13:6 Ver. 6. Then the woman came and told her husband,.... To whom it would be joyful news, as it was to her: saying, a man of God came unto me; he appeared in an human form, and therefore she calls him a man; and by his mien and deportment, and the message he brought, she concluded he was a man of God, that i…
303 wordsSECTION 213Judges 13:7
Judges 13:7 Ver. 7. But he said unto me, behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son,.... She says nothing of her barrenness, which the angel took notice of to her, that having been to her reproach: and now drink no wine nor strong drink; neither new wine nor old wine; so the Targum as before: neither eat any unclean…
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Jud 13:4 for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; it is here added, what is not before expressed, unto his death; for he was to be a perpetual Nazarite; some were only Nazarites for a time, for so many days or months, according to their vow; but this son was to be a Nazarite all his days, by the appoin…
118 wordsSECTION 215Judges 13:8
Judges 13:8 Ver. 8. Then Manoah entreated the Lord,.... Josephus {l} makes the woman to entreat the Lord; but the text is clear for it that it was Manoah that prayed: and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send unto us; he believed that the man that came to his wife was a man of God, and that he was…
201 wordsSECTION 216Judges 13:9
Judges 13:9 Ver. 9. And God hearkened unto the voice of Manoah,.... Heard his prayer and answered it: and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field; who very likely returned to the same place where she was before, in hope her husband's prayers would be heard, and the man return and come to he…
183 wordsSECTION 217Judges 13:10
Judges 13:10 Ver. 10. And the woman made haste, and ran,.... It is not improbable what Josephus says {m}, that she entreated the angel to stay a little till she fetched her husband, which he assented to, and then made all the haste she could to him, partly through eagerness to acquaint him with it, and partly that she…
205 wordsSECTION 218Judges 13:11
Judges 13:11 Ver. 11. And Manoah arose and went after his wife,.... As soon as she had delivered the above, she made all the haste she could to the man again, lest he should think her too long, and depart; and it was proper enough she should go first, to direct her husband where the man was; Jarchi interprets it, afte…
139 wordsSECTION 219Judges 13:12
Judges 13:12 Ver. 12. And Manoah said, now let thy words come to pass,.... Which was not only a wish that they might, but a prayer of faith that they would come pass: how shall we order the child? and how shall we do unto him? he believed a child would be born, and as he was to be a Nazarite, he knew what were the ru…
312 wordsSECTION 220Judges 13:13
Judges 13:13 Ver. 13. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,.... Giving him no direct answer to his question, either what should be done to the child, or what that should do; only reminds of and repeats what he had said to his wife, which she should be careful to observe and would, and that was enough for him to …
103 wordsSECTION 221Judges 13:14
Judges 13:14 Ver. 14. She may not eat of anything that cometh from the vine,.... Grapes moist or dried, kernels, or husks, or anything made of them: neither let her drink wine, or strong drink; as she was to be careful to abstain from such liquors, so her husband also is enjoined not to suffer her to drink any: nor …
97 wordsSECTION 222Judges 13:15
Judges 13:15 Ver. 15. And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,.... Being satisfied with what he had said, and perceiving that he chose to say no more, and was about to depart: I pray thee let me detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee; to eat a meal with them, in token of gratitude for the troub…
120 wordsSECTION 223Judges 13:16
Judges 13:16 Ver. 16. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,.... In answer to his request: though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; that is, should he be prevailed upon to stay awhile with him, until an entertainment should be got ready, he would not eat of any of his provisions; for "bread" is put fo…
2,374 wordsSECTION 224Judges 14:1
Judges 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 14 This chapter treats of Samson's courtship, and marriage of a Philistine woman, Jud 14:1 of his meeting with a young lion as he went courting, and of his slaying it, and afterwards finding honey in it, Jud 14:6, of a riddle which be framed out of this incident, and put to his comp…
366 wordsSECTION 225Judges 14:2
Judges 14:2 Ver. 2. And he came up, and told his father and his mother,.... Of his passion of love, being desirous of having their approbation and consent, in which he acted a dutiful part, and what became him; and may be an example to children to advise with their parents, and have their opinion and consent before th…
191 wordsSECTION 226Judges 14:3
Judges 14:3 Ver. 3. Then his father and his mother said unto him,.... What he might expect, and doubtless did expect: is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? none in their own family, nor in the tribe of Dan, …
328 wordsSECTION 227Judges 14:4
Judges 14:4 Ver. 4. And his father and mother knew not that it was of the Lord,.... That he should marry this uncircumcised Philistine; Samson knew it was, and that his desire of having her in marriage did not arise from carnal affection to her merely, being captivated with her beauty and external form, for she was no…
364 wordsSECTION 228Judges 14:5
Judges 14:5 Ver. 5. Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath,.... They were prevailed upon to go with him, either because they perceived his affections were so strongly set upon a wife, that they thought it advisable to agree to it, lest it should be of bad consequence to him, or because he let…
353 wordsSECTION 229Judges 14:6
Judges 14:6 Ver. 6. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him,.... The Spirit of might from the Lord, as the Targum, inspiring him with courage and intrepidity of mind, and increasing his bodily strength: and he rent him as he would rend a kid; as he came up to him to seize him, he laid hold on him and strang…
376 wordsSECTION 230Judges 14:7
Judges 14:7 Ver. 7. And he went down, and talked with the woman,.... Entered into a conversation with her, that he might the better judge of her other qualifications, besides that of outward form and beauty, whether she would be a suitable yoke fellow for him; and he talked with her about marriage, and proposed it to …
178 wordsSECTION 231Judges 14:8
Judges 14:8 Ver. 8. And after a time he returned to take her,.... Matters being agreed on, and settled on both sides, and the espousals made, he and his parents returned, and, at the proper usual time for the consummation of the marriage, he went again to Timnath for that purpose. It is in the Hebrew text, "after days…
545 wordsSECTION 232Judges 14:9
Judges 14:9 Ver. 9. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating,.... Josephus {k} says he took three honeycombs, he means three pieces of the honeycomb, and ate the honey as he went along to Timnath; which he might do without touching the carcass of the lion, and defiling himself thereby, which, as a Nazarite…
237 wordsSECTION 233Judges 14:10
Judges 14:10 Ver. 10. So his father went down unto the woman,.... At Timnath, whom Samson had espoused; the Targum is, "about the business of the woman;'' about the consummation of the marriage with her; they all three went, the father, the mother, and the son, as appears from the preceding verse: for Samson made a…
349 wordsSECTION 234Judges 14:11
Judges 14:11 Ver. 11. And it came to pass; when they saw him,.... That is, the Philistines, the citizens of Timnath, when they saw that he was come to consummate his marriage: that they brought thirty companions to be with him; to be the bridegroom's men, or children of the bridechamber, as they are called, Mt 9:15 o…
225 wordsSECTION 235Judges 14:12
Judges 14:12 Ver. 12. And Samson said unto them,.... His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast: I will now put forth a riddle to you: a secret, hidden, abstruse thing, not easy to be understood; a dark saying, wrapped up in figurative terms; and this he proposed as an amusement to them, to exer…
211 wordsSECTION 236Judges 14:13
Judges 14:13 Ver. 13. But if ye cannot declare it unto me,.... Explain the riddle in the space of time allowed: then shall ye give me thirty sheets, and thirty change of garments; so many shirts and suits of apparel: and they said unto him, put forth thy riddle that we may hear it; not thereby to judge whether they …
97 wordsSECTION 237Judges 14:14
Judges 14:14 Ver. 14. And he said unto them, out of the eater came forth meat,.... Out of a devouring eater, such as the lion is, came forth honey, or that was taken out of it, which Samson, and his father and mother, ate of, and which was the common food of some persons, as of John the Baptist: and out of the strong…
159 wordsSECTION 238Judges 14:15
Judges 14:15 Ver. 15. And it came to pass on the seventh day,.... Not on the seventh day of the feast, for some time before that they applied to his wife, and she pressed him hard to disclose it; but on the sabbath day, as Kimchi, and so Jarchi says, on the seventh day of the week, not on the seventh day of the feast,…
277 wordsSECTION 239Judges 14:16
Judges 14:16 Ver. 16. And Samson's wife wept before him,.... When she came to him to get out of him the explanation of the riddle, thinking that her tears would move him to it:and said, thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: another artifice she used, well knowing he could not bear to have his affection called in q…
1,449 wordsSECTION 240Judges 15:1
Judges 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 15 This chapter relates, that Samson being denied his wife, did by a strange stratagem burn the corn fields, vineyards, and olives of the Philistines, Jud 15:1, and that because of their burning her and her father, he made a great slaughter of them, Jud 15:6, which brought the Phili…
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