Judg 11:24, 1Sa 5:3-7, 1Ki 11:7, 18:26-29, 40, Isa 2:20, Jer 48:7, 39, 46 | TSK | STEP | Wilt not thou possess.This is simply an {argumentum ad hominem;} in which Jephthah argues on this principles recognized by the king of Ammon. As if he had said, "You suppose that the land which you possess was given you by your god Chemosh; and therefore will not relinquish what you believe you hold by a divine right. Now we know that Jehovah, our God, has given us the land of the Israelites; and therefore we will not give it up." Chemosh. whomsoever.

Judges 11:24

Wilt not thou possess.This is simply an {argumentum ad hominem;} in which Jephthah argues on this principles recognized by the king of Ammon. As if he had said, "You suppose that the land which you possess was given you by your god Chemosh; and therefore will not relinquish what you believe you hold by a divine right. Now we know that Jehovah, our God, has given us the land of the Israelites; and therefore we will not give it up."

Chemosh.

Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:7; Jer 48:7,46

whomsoever.

De 9:4,5; 18:12; Jos 3:10; Ps 44:2; 78:55; Mic 4:5

1 Samuel 5:3-7

Dagon was.

Ex 12:12; Ps 97:7; Isa 19:1; 46:1,2; Zep 2:11; Mr 3:11; Lu 10:18-20

2Co 6:14-16

set him.

Isa 19:1; 40:20; 41:7; 44:17-20; 46:1,2,7; Jer 10:8

the head.

Isa 2:18,19; 27:9; Jer 10:11; 50:2; Eze 6:4-6; Da 11:8; Mic 1:7

of Dagon.The name of this idol, Dagon, signifies a fish: and it is supposed to be the Atergatis of the Syrians, corruptly called Derceto by the Greeks, which had the upper part like a woman, and the lower part like a fish; as Lucian informs us: [Derketous de eidos en Phoinike etheésamén, theéma xenon; émisen men gyné; to de okoson ek mérón es akrous podas, ichtlyos ouré apoteinetai;] "In Phoenicia I saw the image of Derceto; a strange sight truly! For she had the half of a woman, but from the thighs downward a fish's tail." Diodorus, (1. ii.) describing the same idol, as represented at Askelon, says, [to men prosópon echei synaikos, to d'allo sóma pan ichthyos.] "It had the head of a woman, but all the rest of the body a fish's." Probably Horace alludes to this idol, in De Art. Poet. v. 4; {Desinat in piscem, mulier formosa superne:} "The upper part a handsome woman, and the lower part a fish." If such was the form of this idol, then everything that was human was broken off from what resembled a fish.

the stump. or, the fishy part.

neither.

Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-18

tread.

Jos 5:15; Zep 1:9

the hand.

7,11; Ex 9:3; Ps 32:4; Ac 13:11

emerods.

9,11; 6:5; De 28:27; Job 31:3; Ps 78:66

thereof.The LXX. and Vulgate add: [Kai meson tés choras autés anephyésan myes kai egeneto synchysis thanatou megalé en té polei; {Et ebullierunt villæ et agri in medio regionis illius, et nati sunt mures; et facta est confusio mortis magnæ in civitate; "And [the cities and fields in Vulg.] the midst of that region produced mice; [Vulg. burst up, and mice were produced;] and there was the confusion of a great death in the city."

6:4,5

saw.

4:8; Ex 8:8,28; 9:28; 10:7; 12:33

The ark.

6:20; 2Sa 6:9; 1Ch 13:11-13; 15:13

upon Dagon our god.

3,4; Jer 46:25; 48:7

1 Kings 11:7

build an high.

Le 26:30; Nu 33:52; 2Ki 21:2,3; 23:13,14; Ps 78:58; Eze 20:28,29

Chemosh.

Nu 21:29; Jud 11:24; Jer 48:13

abomination.

De 13:14; 17:3,4; 27:15; Isa 44:19; Eze 18:12; Da 11:31; 12:11

Re 17:4,5

the hill.This was the mount of Olives, which lay east of Jerusalem; and that the Hebrews would consider before it, while the west would be behind it; for the very term used to denote the east, {kedem,} means before, while {acharon,} behind, sometimes signifies the west.

Ge 33:2; 2Sa 15:30; 2Ki 23:13; Zec 14:4; Mt 26:30; Ac 1:9,12

1 Kings 18:26-29

from morning.

Mt 6:7

hear. or, answer. no voice.

24; Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-20; Isa 37:38; 44:17; 45:20; Jer 10:5

Da 5:23; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20; 12:2

answered. or, heard. leaped upon the altar. or, leaped upand down at the altar.

Zep 1:9

Elijah.

22:15; 2Ch 25:8; Ec 11:9; Isa 8:9,10; 44:15-17; Eze 20:39

Am 4:4,5; Mt 26:45; Mr 7:9; 14:41

aloud. Heb. with a great voice. for he is a god.

Isa 41:23

either.Such were the absurd and degrading notions which the heathens entertained of their gods. "Vishnoo sleeps four months in the year; and to each of the gods some particular business is assigned. Vayoo manages the winds; Vuroonu the waters, etc. According to a number of fables in the pooranus, the gods are often out on journeys or expeditions." Ward's Views of the Hindoos, vol. ii. p. 324.

he is talking. or, he meditateth. is pursuing. Heb. hatha pursuit. must be awaked.

Ps 44:23; 78:65,66; 121:4; Isa 51:9; Mr 4:38,39

cut themselves.

Le 19:28; De 14:1; Mic 6:7; Mr 5:5; 9:22

the blood gushed out upon them. Heb. they poured out bloodupon them.

prophesied.

22:10,12; 1Sa 18:10; Jer 28:6-9; Ac 16:16,17; 1Co 11:4,5

offering. Heb. ascending. See on ver.

voice.

26; Ga 4:8; 2Ti 3:8,9

that regarded. Heb. attention.