Judg 20:26, 1Sa 7:6, 2Ch 20:3-4, Neh 9:1-2, Isa 22:12, Jon 3:5-8 | TSK | STEP

Judges 20:26

all the children.

wept.

1Sa 7:6; 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21; 9:4,5; Joe 1:14; 2:12-18; Jon 3:5-10

1 Samuel 7:6

drew water.Grotius says, that the pouring out of water means the shedding of tears; and the Targum reads, "And they poured out their hearts in penitence, as waters, before the Lord." Others suppose that it was done emblematically, to represent the contrition of their hearts, and their desire to wash away their past offences. But some learned men conceive that it was poured out as a libation, in token of joy, after they had fasted and confessed their sin, as they were wont to do in the feast of tabernacles. (See note on Nu. 29:35.)

1:15; 2Sa 14:14; Job 16:20; Ps 6:6; 42:3; 119:136; Jer 9:1

La 2:11,18; 3:49

fasted.

2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21-23; Ne 9:1-3; Da 9:3-5; Joe 2:12; Jon 3:1-10

We have sinned.

Le 26:40; Jud 10:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ezr 9:5-10; Job 33:27; 40:4; 42:6

Ps 38:3-8; 106:6; Jer 3:13,14; 31:19; Lu 15:18

judged.

Jud 3:10; Ne 9:27; Eze 20:4

2 Chronicles 20:3-4

feared.

Ge 32:7-11,24-28; Ps 56:3,4; Isa 37:3-6; Jon 1:16; Mt 10:28

himself. Heb. his face. seek the Lord. See on ch.

11:16; 19:3

proclaimed.

Jud 20:26; 1Sa 7:6; Ezr 8:21-23; Es 4:16; Jer 36:9; Da 9:3

Joe 1:14; 2:12-18; Jon 3:5-9

ask help of the Lord.

Ps 34:5,6; 50:15; 60:10-12

the cities.

19:5; Ps 69:35

Nehemiah 9:1-2

1 A solemn fast, and repentance of the people.

4 The Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, and their wickedness.

Now.On the first of this month was the feast of trumpets; on the tenth, the day of atonement; on the fourteenth began the feast of tabernacles, which lasted seven days, ending on the twenty- second; on the twenty-third, they separated themselves from their illegitimate wives; and on the twenty-fourth, they held a solemn day of fasting and confession of sin, and reading the law; the whole of which they closed by renewing their covenants.

twenty.

Le 23:34,39; 2Ch 7:10

of this month.

8:2

children.

Jud 20:26; 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:23; Es 4:3,16; Isa 22:12; Joe 1:13,14,

Joe 2:15-17; Jon 3:5-8; Ac 13:2,3

earth.

Jos 7:6; 1Sa 4:12; 2Sa 1:2; Job 2:12

the seed.

13:3,30; Ezr 9:2; 10:11

strangers. Heb. strange children.