Judges 2:11
did evil <06213 07451> [did evil.]
worshiping ... Baals <05647 01168> [and served Baalim.]
{B„ƒlim,} or lords, seems to have been the common appellation of the Syrian gods; whence we have Baal-peor, Baal-zebub, etc.
Judges 4:1
did evil <06213 07451> [A.M. 2699. B.C. 1305. An. Ex. Is. 186. did evil.]
Judges 6:1
did evil <06213 07451> [did evil.]
so <05414> [delivered.]
When God judges, he will overcome; and sinners shall be made either to bend or break before him. See the ensuing history.
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
Judges 8:2
accomplished <06213> [What.]
leftover grapes <05955> [Is not the.]
That is, the Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men had achieved.
Abiezer's <044> [Abiezer.]
Judges 9:56
God repaid <07725 0430> [God rendered.]
Both the fratricide Abimelech and the unprincipled men of Shechem had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be avoided; but there is no escape from that of God. How many houses have been sown with salt in France, by the just judgment of God, for the massacre of the Protestants on the eve of St. Bartholomew! See Note on ver. 45.
Judges 13:15
awhile <06113> [let us.]
prepare <06213> [until.]
Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality.
[for thee. Heb. before thee.]
Judges 15:3
time .... justified <06471 05352> [Now shall, etc. or, Now shall I be blameless from the]
Philistines, though, etc.
Judges 15:7
<0518> [Though.]
Judges 17:6
king <04428> [no king.]
right <03477> [right.]
Judges 18:4
hired ....... priest <07936 03548> [hired me.]
Judges 21:11
male .............. male <02145> [every male.]
sexual relations <03045 04904> [hath lain by man. Heb. knoweth the lying with man.]
Judges 21:15-16
regretted <05162> [repented.]
weakened <06556> [a breach.]
Judges 21:25
king <04428> [no.]
right <03477> [right.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF JUDGES. The book of Judges forms an important link in the history of the Israelites. It furnishes us with a lively description of a fluctuating and unsettled nation; a striking picture of the disorders and dangers which prevailed in a republic without magistracy; when "the high-ways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through by-ways," (ch. 5:6;) when few prophets were appointed to control the people, and "every one did that which was right in his own eyes." (ch. 17:6.) It exhibits the contest of true religion with superstition; and displays the beneficial effects that flow from the former, and the miseries and evil consequences of impiety. It is a most remarkable history of the long-suffering of God towards the Israelites, in which we see the most signal instances of his justice and mercy alternately displayed: the people sinned, and were punished; they repented, and found mercy. These things are written for our warning: none should presume, for God is just; none need despair, for God is merciful. Independently of the internal evidence of the authenticity of this sacred book, the transactions it records are not only cited or alluded to by other inspired writers, but are further confirmed by the traditions current among heathen nations.
