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Selected Verse: Judges 8:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 8:28 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus was Midian [04080] subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], so that they lifted up [05375] their heads [07218] no more [03254]. And the country [0776] was in quietness [08252] forty [0705] years [08141] in the days [03117] of Gideon [01439]. |
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King James |
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
MIDIAN SUBDUED. (Jdg 8:28)
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel--This invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as alarming and desolating as the irruption of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest scourge ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people (Psa 83:11). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The history of Gideon is concluded in Jdg 8:28-32. - Jdg 8:28. The Midianites had been so humiliated that they lifted up their head no more, and the land of Israel had rest forty years "in the days of Gideon," i.e., as long as Gideon lived.
Jdg 8:29-31
Before the account of his death, a few other notices respecting his family are introduced for the purpose of preparing the way for the following history of the doings of his sons, in which the sin of Gideon came to a head, and the judgment burst upon his house. "And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went and dwelt in his house." Both the word ויּלך, which simply serves to bring out the fact more vividly (see the remarks on Exo 2:1), and also the choice of the name Jerubbaal, merely serve to give greater prominence to the change, from the heat of the war against the Midianites to the quiet retirement of domestic life. Instead of accepting the crown that was offered him and remaining at the head of the nation, the celebrated Baal-fighter retired into private life again. In addition to the seventy sons of his many wives, there was a son born to him by a concubine, who lived at Shechem and is called his maid-servant in Jdg 9:18, and to this son he gave the name of Abimelech, i.e., king's father. את־שׁמו ויּשׂם is not the same as את־שׁמו קרא, to give a person a name, but signifies to add a name, or give a surname (see Neh 9:7, and Dan 5:12 in the Chaldee). It follows from this, that Abimelech received this name from Gideon as a cognomen answering to his character, and therefore not at the time of his birth, but when he grew up and manifested such qualities as led to the expectation that he would be a king's father.
Jdg 8:32
Gideon died at a good old age (see Gen 15:15; Gen 25:8), and therefore also died a peaceful death (not so his sons; see Judg 9), and was buried in his father's grave at Ophrah (Jdg 6:11). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Lifted up their head - That is, recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others. Forty years - To the fortieth year, from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression. The days, &c. - As long as Gideon lived. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Forty years in the days of Gideon - The Midianites were so completely humbled that they could make head no more against Israel during the forty years in which the government of Gideon lasted. |
11 Make [07896] their nobles [05081] like Oreb [06159], and like Zeeb [02062]: yea, all their princes [05257] as Zebah [02078], and as Zalmunna [06759]:
28 Thus was Midian [04080] subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], so that they lifted up [05375] their heads [07218] no more [03254]. And the country [0776] was in quietness [08252] forty [0705] years [08141] in the days [03117] of Gideon [01439].
11 And there came [0935] an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], and sat [03427] under an oak [0424] which was in Ophrah [06084], that pertained unto Joash [03101] the Abiezrite [033]: and his son [01121] Gideon [01439] threshed [02251] wheat [02406] by the winepress [01660], to hide [05127] it from [06440] the Midianites [04080].
8 Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
15 And thou shalt go [0935] to thy fathers [01] in peace [07965]; thou shalt be buried [06912] in a good [02896] old age [07872].
32 And Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], and was buried [06912] in the sepulchre [06913] of Joash [03101] his father [01], in Ophrah [06084] of the Abiezrites [033].
12 Forasmuch as [06903] [03606] an excellent [03493] spirit [07308], and knowledge [04486], and understanding [07924], interpreting [06590] of dreams [02493], and shewing [0263] of hard sentences [0280], and dissolving [08271] of doubts [07001], were found [07912] in the same Daniel [01841], whom the king [04430] named [07761] [08036] Belteshazzar [01096]: now [03705] let Daniel [01841] be called [07123], and he will shew [02324] the interpretation [06591].
7 Thou art the LORD [03068] the God [0430], who didst choose [0977] Abram [087], and broughtest him forth [03318] out of Ur [0218] of the Chaldees [03778], and gavest [07760] him the name [08034] of Abraham [085];
18 And ye are risen up [06965] against my father's [01] house [01004] this day [03117], and have slain [02026] his sons [01121], threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], upon one [0259] stone [068], and have made Abimelech [040], the son [01121] of his maidservant [0519], king [04427] over the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], because he is your brother [0251];)
1 And there went [03212] a man [0376] of the house [01004] of Levi [03878], and took [03947] to wife a daughter [01323] of Levi [03878].
29 And Jerubbaal [03378] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] went [03212] and dwelt [03427] in his own house [01004].
30 And Gideon [01439] had threescore and ten [07657] sons [01121] of his body [03409] begotten [03318]: for he had many [07227] wives [0802].
31 And his concubine [06370] that was in Shechem [07927], she also bare [03205] him a son [01121], whose name [08034] he called [07760] Abimelech [040].
28 Thus was Midian [04080] subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], so that they lifted up [05375] their heads [07218] no more [03254]. And the country [0776] was in quietness [08252] forty [0705] years [08141] in the days [03117] of Gideon [01439].
28 Thus was Midian [04080] subdued [03665] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], so that they lifted up [05375] their heads [07218] no more [03254]. And the country [0776] was in quietness [08252] forty [0705] years [08141] in the days [03117] of Gideon [01439].
29 And Jerubbaal [03378] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] went [03212] and dwelt [03427] in his own house [01004].
30 And Gideon [01439] had threescore and ten [07657] sons [01121] of his body [03409] begotten [03318]: for he had many [07227] wives [0802].
31 And his concubine [06370] that was in Shechem [07927], she also bare [03205] him a son [01121], whose name [08034] he called [07760] Abimelech [040].
32 And Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], and was buried [06912] in the sepulchre [06913] of Joash [03101] his father [01], in Ophrah [06084] of the Abiezrites [033].