Chapter 8

1
the men Judg 12:1-6; 2Sam 19:41; Job 5:2; Eccl 4:4; Jas 4:5-6

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


2
What 1Cor 13:4-7; Gal 5:14-15; Phil 2:2-3; Jas 1:19-20, Jas 3:13-18

Is not the That is, the Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men had achieved.

Abiezer Judg 6:11, Judg 6:34


3
God Judg 7:24-25; Ps 44:3, Ps 115:1, Ps 118:14-16; John 4:37; Rom 12:3, Rom 12:6, Rom 15:18-19; Phil 2:3

Then Prov 15:1, Prov 16:32, Prov 25:11, Prov 25:15

anger Heb. spirit


4
faint 1Sam 14:28-29, 1Sam 14:31-32, 1Sam 30:10; 2Cor 4:8-9, 2Cor 4:16; Gal 6:9; Heb 12:1-4


5
Succoth Gen 33:17; Ps 60:6

loaves Gen 14:18; Deut 23:4; 1Sam 25:18; 2Sam 17:28-29; 3John 1:6-8


6
Judg 5:23; Gen 25:13, Gen 37:25, Gen 37:28; 1Sam 25:10-11; 1Kgs 20:11; 2Kgs 14:9; Prov 18:23; Phil 2:21


7
tear Heb. thresh, Judg 8:16


8
Gen 32:30-31; 1Kgs 12:25


9
I come 1Kgs 22:27-28

I will break Judg 8:17


10
Karkor If this were the name of a place, it is no where else mentioned. Some contend that karkor signifies rest; and the Vulgate renders it requiescebant, "rested". This seems the most likely; for it is said (Judg 8:11) that Gideon "smote the host. For the host was secure."

children Judg 7:12

fell an hundred etc. or, an hundred and twenty thousand every one drawing a sword, Judg 7:22, Judg 20:2, Judg 20:15, Judg 20:17, Judg 20:25, Judg 20:35, Judg 20:46; 2Kgs 3:26; 2Chr 13:17, 2Chr 28:6, 2Chr 28:8; Isa 37:36


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Nobah Nobah took its name from an Israelite who conquered it; and is said by Eusebius to have been, in his time, a forsaken place eight miles south from Heshbon. Jogbehah was probably near it. Num 32:35, Num 32:42

secure Judg 18:27; 1Sam 15:32, 1Sam 30:16; 1Thess 5:3


12
took Josh 10:16-18, Josh 10:22-25; Job 12:16-21, Job 34:19; Ps 83:11; Amos 2:14; Rev 6:15-16, Rev 19:19-21

discomfited Heb. terrified


13
before The words milmaaleh haichaires should, most probably be rendered "from the ascent of Chares;" which is the reading of the LXX Syriac, Arabic, and Houbigant. Judg 8:13


14
caught Judg 1:24-25; 1Sam 30:11-15

described Heb. writ


15
upbraid Judg 8:6-7


16
the elders Judg 8:7; Prov 10:13, Prov 19:29; Ezra 2:6

thorns Mic 7:4

taught Heb. made to know, Instead of wyyoda, Houbigant, Lev. Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, "and he tore or threshed;" and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened (Judg 8:7), but is supported by the LXX Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew Text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of ωΡ, shin, into ς, ayin, letters very similar to each other.


17
Judg 8:9; 1Kgs 12:25


18
Tabor Judg 4:6; Ps 89:12

As thou art Ps 12:2; Jude 1:16

resembled Heb. according to the form of, etc


20
Josh 10:24; 1Sam 15:33; Ps 149:9


21
Rise thou It was disgraceful to fall by the hands of a child; and death by the blows of such a person must be much more lingering and tormenting. Some have employed children to dispatch captives. Judg 9:54; 1Sam 31:3, 1Sam 31:5; Rev 9:6

slew Ps 83:1

ornaments or, ornaments like the moon, Isa 3:18


22
Rule thou Judg 9:8-15; 1Sam 8:5, 1Sam 12:12; John 6:15


23
I will Judg 2:18, Judg 10:18, Judg 11:9-11; Luke 22:24-27; 2Cor 1:24; 1Pet 5:3

the Lord 1Sam 8:6-7, 1Sam 10:19, 1Sam 12:12; Isa 33:22, Isa 63:19


24
give me Gen 24:22, Gen 24:53; Exod 12:35, Exod 32:3; 1Pet 3:3-5

because Gen 16:10-11, Gen 25:13, Gen 37:25, Gen 37:28; 1Sam 25:11; 1Kgs 20:11


26
a thousand Taking the shekel at half an ounce, the sum of the gold ear-rings was 73 lbs. 4 oz. and worth about £3,300 sterling.

collars or, sweet jewels

purple Esth 8:15; Jer 10:9; Ezek 27:7; Luke 16:19; John 19:2, John 19:5; Rev 17:4; Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16

chains Judg 8:21


27
an ephod Judg 17:5, Judg 18:14, Judg 18:17; Exod 28:6-12; 1Sam 23:9-10; Isa 8:20

Ophrah Judg 8:32, Judg 6:11, Judg 6:24; Deut 12:5

a whoring Exod 23:33; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Hos 2:2, Hos 4:12-14

a snare Judg 8:33; Deut 7:16


28
was Midian Ps 83:9-12; Isa 9:4, Isa 10:26

forty years Judg 3:11, Judg 3:30, Judg 5:31


29
Jerubbaal Judg 6:32; 1Sam 12:11

in his own house Neh 5:14-15


30
threescore Judg 9:2, Judg 9:5, Judg 10:4, Judg 12:9, Judg 12:14; Gen 46:26; Exod 1:5; 2Kgs 10:1

of his body begotten Heb. going out of his thigh

many wives Gen 2:24, Gen 7:7; Deut 17:17; 2Sam 3:2-5, 2Sam 5:13-16; 1Kgs 11:3; Mal 2:15; Matt 19:5-8; Eph 5:31-33


31
concubine Judg 9:1-5; Gen 16:15, Gen 22:24

called Heb. set

Abimelech Judg 9:18; Gen 20:2


32
died in Gen 15:15, Gen 25:8; Josh 24:29-30; Job 5:26, Job 42:17

Ophrah Judg 8:27, Judg 6:24


33
as soon Judg 2:7-10, Judg 2:17, Judg 2:19; Josh 24:31; 2Kgs 12:2; 2Chr 24:17-18

went Judg 8:27, Judg 2:17; Exod 34:15-16; Jer 3:9

Baalberith Literally, "the lord of the covenant." Judg 9:4, Judg 9:46


34
remembered Ps 78:11, Ps 78:42, Ps 106:18, Ps 106:21; Eccl 12:1; Jer 2:32


35
showed Judg 9:5, Judg 9:16-19; Eccl 9:14-15

Jerubbaal Rather, Jerubbaal Gideon; as we say, Simon Peter; or call a person by his Christian and surname. Gideon was a mighty man of valour, a true patriot, evidently disinterested and void of ambition. He loved his country, and hazarded his life for it; but refused the kingdom, when offered to him and his heirs. The act of making the ephod was totally wrong; yet, probably it was done with no reprehensible design.


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