Judg 8:1, 9:23, 12:1-6, Pro 15:1, 17:14, 18:19, Rom 12:21, Gal 5:15, 20 | TSK | STEP | Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites. Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. Succoth and Penuel are destroyed. Gideon revenges his brethren's death on Zebah and Zalmunna. He refuses government. His ephod the cause of idolatry. Midian subdued. Gideon's children, and death. The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude. the men. Why, etc. Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us?sharply. Heb. strongly.

Judges 8:1

1 Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites.

4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army.

10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken.

13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed.

17 Gideon revenges his brethren's death on Zebah and Zalmunna.

22 He refuses government.

24 His ephod the cause of idolatry.

28 Midian subdued.

29 Gideon's children, and death.

33 The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude.

the men.

12:1-6; 2Sa 19:41; Job 5:2; Ec 4:4; Jas 4:5,6

Why, etc. Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us?sharply. Heb. strongly.

Judges 9:23

A.M. 2771. B.C. 1233. An. Ex. Is. 258. God.That is, God permitted the evil spirit of jealousy, treachery, and discord, to break out between Abimelech and the Shechemites.

15,20; 1Sa 16:14-16; 18:9,10; 1Ki 12:15; 22:22,23; 2Ch 10:15

2Ch 18:19-22; Isa 19:2,14; 2Th 2:11,12

dealt.

16; Isa 33:1; Mt 7:2

Judges 12:1-6

1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites.

7 Jephthah dies.

8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters;

11 and Elon;

13 and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel.

gathered. Heb. were called. Wherefore.

8:1; 2Sa 19:41-43; Ps 109:4; Ec 4:4; Joh 10:32

we will burn.

14:15; 15:6; Pr 27:3,4; Jas 3:16; 4:1,2

I and my.

11:12-33

put.

9:17; 1Sa 19:5; 28:21; Job 13:14; Ps 119:109; Ro 16:4; Re 12:11

wherefore.

11:27; 2Ch 13:12

and the men.

11:10; Nu 32:39,40; De 3:12-17

fugitives.

1Sa 25:10; Ne 4:4; Ps 78:9; Pr 12:13; 15:1

3:28; 7:24; Jos 2:7; 22:11

Say now.

Mt 26:73; Mr 14:70

Shibboleth. which signifieth a stream, or flood.

Ps 69:2,15; Isa 27:12; *Heb:{Shibboleth} also means an ear of corn, (Job 24:24,) and {sibboleth} signifies a burden, (Ex 6:6;) and a heavy burden they were obliged to bear who could not pronounce this test letter. It is well known that several nations cannot pronounce certain letters. The sound of th cannot be pronounced by the Persians, no more than by some of our Continental neighbours; though it is a common sound among the Arabians. To this day, many of the German Jews cannot articulate [t] th, for which they substitute ss; thus for {baith,} a house, they say {baiss.}

there fell.

Pr 17:14; 18:19; Ec 10:12; Mt 12:25; Ga 5:15

forty.{Arbäim ooshenayim aleph,} "forty and two thousand." Here the [w,] and, may mean simple addition; and this number may denote 2,040 and not 42,000. At the last census of the Israelites (Nu 26:37) the whole tribe of Ephraim only amounted to 32,500, compared with which this last number appears far too great.