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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Judges 1

Chapter 1

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Now

Joshua 24:29,30

asked

20:18,28 Exodus 28:30 Numbers 27:21 1 Samuel 22:9,10 23:9,10

And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Genesis 49:8-10 Numbers 2:3 7:12 Psalms 78:68-70 Hebrews 7:14 Revelation 5:5 19:11-16

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

Simeon

Genesis 29:33 Joshua 19:1

I likewise

17 2 Samuel 10:11

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

Lord

Exodus 23:28,29 Deuteronomy 7:2 9:3 Joshua 10:8-10 11:6-8 1 Samuel 14:6,10 1 Samuel 17:46,47 1 Kings 22:6,15

Bezek

Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis.

1 Samuel 11:8

And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

their thumbs

Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--∆lian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of ∆gina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children.

gathered

or, gleaned. as I have.

Exodus 21:23-25 Leviticus 24:19-21 1 Samuel 15:33 Isaiah 33:1 Matthew 7:1,2 Luke 6:37,38 Romans 2:15 James 2:13 Revelation 13:10 16:6

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

21 Joshua 15:63

And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

afterward

Joshua 10:36 11:21 15:13-20

valley

or, low country.

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Kirjath-arba

Joshua 14:15

Sheshai

20 Numbers 13:22,33 Joshua 15:13,14 Psalms 33:16,17 Ecclesiastes 9:11 Jeremiah 9:23

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

Debir

Joshua 10:38,39 15:15

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Caleb

The whole of this account is found in Jos 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation.

Joshua 15:16,17 1 Samuel 17:25 18:23

to him

In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city, etc.

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

3:9

And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

And it came

Joshua 15:18,19

and she lighted

Watitznach, "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

a blessing

Genesis 33:11 1 Samuel 25:18,27 2 Corinthians 9:5 *marg:; Hebrews 6:7 1 Peter 3:9

a south land

Which was probably dry, or very ill watered.

give me also springs of water

Let me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

the Kenite

4:11,17 Numbers 10:29-32 24:21,22 1 Samuel 15:6 1 Chronicles 2:15 Jeremiah 35:2

Moses

Exodus 3:1 4:18 18:1,7,12,14-17,27 Numbers 10:29

city of palm

3:13 Deuteronomy 34:3 2 Chronicles 28:16

which

Numbers 21:1 Joshua 12:14

they went

Numbers 10:29-32 1 Samuel 15:6

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

And Judah

Zephath

2 Chronicles 14:10

Zephathah

Hormah.

Numbers 14:45 21:3 Joshua 19:4

Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

Also Judah

There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: [Kai ouk eklÈronomÈsen Ioudas tÈn Gazan, oude ta horia autÈs; oude tÈn AskalÛna, oude ta horia autÈs; kai tÈn AkkarÛn, oude ta horia autÈs; tÈn AzÛton, oude ta perisporia autÈs.] "But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus (Ant. 1. v. c. 2) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from ch. 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.

Gaza

3:3 16:1,2,21 Exodus 23:31 Joshua 11:22 13:3 15:45-47 1 Samuel 6:17

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

the Lord

2 6:12,13 Genesis 39:2,21 Joshua 1:5,9 14:12 2 Samuel 5:10 2 Kings 18:7 Psalms 46:7,11 60:12 Ecclesiastes 9:11 Isaiah 7:14 8:10 41:10,14,15 Matthew 1:23 Romans 8:31

he drave, etc

or he possessed the mountain. but could. Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them.

27-32 Joshua 7:12 Matthew 14:30,31 17:19,20 Philippians 4:13

chariots

Exodus 14:7-31 Joshua 11:1-9 17:16-18 Psalms 46:9

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

they gave

Numbers 14:24 Deuteronomy 1:36 Joshua 14:9-14 15:13,14 21:11,12

the three sons

10 Numbers 13:22

And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

19:10-12 Joshua 15:63 18:11-28 2 Samuel 5:6-9

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

the house

Numbers 1:10,32 Joshua 14:4 16:1-4 1 Chronicles 7:29 Revelation 7:8

the Lord

19 Genesis 49:24 2 Kings 18:7

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

sent

18:2 Joshua 2:1 7:2

Luz

Genesis 28:19 35:6 48:3

And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

we will

Joshua 2:12-14 1 Samuel 30:15

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

they smote

Joshua 6:22-25

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

the land

2 Kings 7:6 2 Chronicles 1:17

Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

Manasseh

Joshua 17:11-13

Taanach

5:19 Joshua 21:25

the Canaanites

Exodus 23:32 Deuteronomy 7:2 1 Samuel 15:9 Psalms 106:34,35 Jeremiah 48:10

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Joshua 16:10 1 Kings 9:16

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Kitron

The Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or DiocÊsarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty miles (north-west) from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela.

Nahalol

Joshua 19:15

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

Asher

Joshua 19:24-30

Accho

Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.

Zidon

Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now SaidË, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and 200 (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.

Achzib

Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

Psalms 106:34,35

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

Naphtali

Joshua 19:32-38

he dwelt

became

30,35 Psalms 18:24

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

18:1 Joshua 19:47

But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

Aijalon

12:12 Joshua 10:12

Shaalbim

Joshua 19:42 1 Kings 4:9

prevailed

Heb. was heavy.

And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

from the going

or, Maaleh-akrabbim.

Numbers 34:4 Joshua 15:2