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Selected Verse: Judges 3:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jud 3:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Chushanrishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Chushanrishathaim [03573] eight [08083] years [08141]. |
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King James |
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
OTHNIEL DELIVERS ISRAEL. (Jdg 3:8-11)
sold them--that is, "delivered them"
into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim--or, Chushan, "the wicked." This name had been probably given him from his cruel and impious character.
served Chushan-rishathaim eight years--by the payment of a stipulated tribute yearly, the raising of which must have caused a great amount of labor and privation. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Here we hold again the thread of the proper narrative, which seems as if it ought to have run thus Jdg 1:1 : Now, etc. Jdg 3:8, therefore (or "and") etc.
Served Chushan-Rishathaim - This is the same phrase as in Jdg 3:14. From it is derived the expression, "the times of servitude," as distinguished from "the times of rest," in speaking of the times of the Judges. Mesopotamia, or Aram-naharaim, was the seat of Nimrod's kingdom, and Nimrod was the son of Cush Gen 10:8-12. Rishathaim is perhaps the name of a city, or a foreign word altered to a Hebrew form. Nothing is known from history, or the cuneiform inscriptions, of the political condition of Mesopotamia at this time, though Thotmes I and III in the 18th Egyptian dynasty are known to have invaded Mesopotamia. It is, however, in accordance with such an aggressive Aramean movement toward Palestine, that as early as the time of Abraham we find the kings of Shinar and of Elam invading the south of Palestine. There is also distinct evidence in the names of the Edomite kings Gen 36:32, Gen 36:35, Gen 36:37 of an Aramean dynasty in Edom about the time of the early Judges. Compare, too, Job 1:17. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Served - That is, were made subject to him. Mesopotamia was that part of Syria which lay between the two great rivers, Tigris and Euphrates. This lay at such a distance, that one would not have thought Israel's trouble should have come from such a far country: which shews so much the more of the hand of God in it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Chushan-rishathaim - Kushan, the wicked or impious; and so the word is rendered by the Chaldee Targum, the Syriac, and the Arabic, wherever it occurs in this chapter.
King of Mesopotamia - King of ארם נהרים Aram naharayim, "Syria of the two rivers;" translated Mesopotamia by the Septuagint and Vulgate. It was the district situated between the Tigris and Euphrates, called by the Arabian geographers Maverannaher, "the country beyond the river," it is now called Diarbek. See the note on Act 2:9.
Served Chushan - eight years - He overran their country, and forced them to pay a very heavy tribute. |
8 Therefore the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Chushanrishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Chushanrishathaim [03573] eight [08083] years [08141].
9 And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068], the LORD [03068] raised up [06965] a deliverer [03467] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who delivered [03467] them, even Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251].
10 And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came upon him, and he judged [08199] Israel [03478], and went out [03318] to war [04421]: and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] Chushanrishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763] into his hand [03027]; and his hand [03027] prevailed [05810] against Chushanrishathaim [03573].
11 And the land [0776] had rest [08252] forty [0705] years [08141]. And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073] died [04191].
17 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], The Chaldeans [03778] made out [07760] three [07969] bands [07218], and fell [06584] upon the camels [01581], and have carried them away [03947], yea, and slain [05221] the servants [05288] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
37 And Samlah [08072] died [04191], and Saul [07586] of Rehoboth [07344] by the river [05104] reigned [04427] in his stead.
35 And Husham [02367] died [04191], and Hadad [01908] the son [01121] of Bedad [0911], who smote [05221] Midian [04080] in the field [07704] of Moab [04124], reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Avith [05762].
32 And Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] reigned [04427] in Edom [0123]: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Dinhabah [01838].
8 And Cush [03568] begat [03205] Nimrod [05248]: he began [02490] to be [01961] a mighty one [01368] in the earth [0776].
9 He was a mighty [01368] hunter [06718] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: wherefore [03651] it is said [0559], Even as Nimrod [05248] the mighty [01368] hunter [06718] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
10 And the beginning [07225] of his kingdom [04467] was Babel [0894], and Erech [0751], and Accad [0390], and Calneh [03641], in the land [0776] of Shinar [08152].
11 Out of that land [0776] went forth [03318] Asshur [0804], and builded [01129] Nineveh [05210], and the city [05892] Rehoboth [07344], and Calah [03625],
12 And Resen [07449] between Nineveh [05210] and Calah [03625]: the same is a great [01419] city [05892].
14 So the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124] eighteen [08083] [06240] years [08141].
8 Therefore the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Chushanrishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Chushanrishathaim [03573] eight [08083] years [08141].
1 Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Joshua [03091] it came to pass, that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] asked [07592] the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Who shall go up [05927] for us against the Canaanites [03669] first [08462], to fight [03898] against them?
9 Parthians [3934], and [2532] Medes [3370], and [2532] Elamites [1639], and [2532] the dwellers [2730] in Mesopotamia [3318], and [5037] in Judaea [2449], and [2532] Cappadocia [2587], in Pontus [4195], and [2532] Asia [773],