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" (Jdg_5:6), when few prophets were appointed to control the people, and "every one did that which was right in his own eyes" (Jdg_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.
Judges 1
Overview
1:1 The acts of Judah and Simeon; 1:4 Adonibezek justly requited; 1:8 Jerusalem taken; 1:10 Hebron taken; 1:11 Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir; 1:16 The Kenites dwell in Judah; 1:17 Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken; 1:21 The acts of Benjamin; 1:22 Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el; 1:30 Of Zebulun; 1:31 Of Asher; 1:33 Of Naphtali; 1:34 Of Dan.
Verse 1NowJoshua 24:29, 24:30askedJudges 20:18, 20:28; Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 22:9, 22:10, 23:9, 23:10ReciprocalGenesis 49:8 - thy hand; Numbers 2:3 - the standard; Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring; Joshua 5:1 - Canaanites; 9:14 - asked not; Judges 10:18 - What man; 1 Samuel 9:9 - inquire; 10:22 - inquired; 14:37 - Shall I go; 23:2 - inquired; 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired; 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever; 22:5 - Inquire; 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way; Proverbs 20:18 - andVerse 2Genesis 49:8-10; Numbers 2:3, 7:12; Psalm 78:68-70; Habakkuk 3:1; Revelation 5:5, 19:11-16ReciprocalGenesis 46:12 - Judah; Judges 1:19 - the Lord; 20:18 - Judah; 20:28 - Go up; 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever; 1 Chronicles 5:2 - Judah; 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way; Proverbs 20:18 - andVerse 3SimeonGenesis 29:33; Joshua 19:1I likewiseJudges 1:17; 2 Samuel 10:11ReciprocalRevelation 7:7 - SimeonVerse 4LordExodus 23:28, 23:29; Deuteronomy 7:2, 9:3; Joshua 10:8-10, 11:6-8; 1 Samuel 14:6, 14:10; 17:46, 17:47; 1 Kings 22:6, 22:15BezekEusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. 1 Samuel 11:8ReciprocalExodus 23:31 - deliver the; Deuteronomy 2:33 - the Lord; Judges 11:32 - the Lord; 1 Samuel 26:8 - God; 2 Chronicles 13:16 - God deliveredVerse 5Reciprocal1 Samuel 11:8 - BezekVerse 6ReciprocalExodus 14:26 - the waters; 21:24 - General; Joshua 15:16 - General; Esther 8:12 - one day; Psalm 59:11 - Slay; 107:40 - contempt; 149:8 - General; Jeremiah 34:17 - behold; 50:15 - as sheVerse 7their thumbsHeb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet, This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies. - Alian 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 Agina 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.gatheredor, gleanedas I haveExodus 21:23-25; Leviticus 24:19-21; 1 Samuel 15:33; Isaiah 33:1; Matthew 7:1, 7:2; Luke 6:37, 6:38; Romans 2:15; James 2:13; Revelation 13:10, 16:6ReciprocalGenesis 19:36 - General; 29:25 - wherefore; 42:21 - we saw; 44:16 - God hath; Exodus 14:26 - the waters; 21:24 - General; 1 Samuel 11:11 - slew; 2 Samuel 1:10 - slew; 10:19 - servants; 1 Kings 16:11 - he slew; 20:1 - Thirty and two; 21:19 - In the place; 2 Kings 11:16 - there was she slain; 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord; 23:15 - they slew her there; Esther 8:12 - one day; Psalm 9:16 - known; 10:14 - to requite; 59:11 - Slay; 107:40 - contempt; 149:8 - General; Proverbs 12:10 - but; Jeremiah 34:17 - behold; 50:15 - as she; 51:49 - As Babylon; Lamentations 1:18 - Lord; Ezekiel 31:11 - he shall surely deal with him; Daniel 11:18 - he shall cause; Joel 3:7 - and will; Obadiah 1:15 - as; Luke 7:29 - justifiedVerse 8Judges 1:21; Joshua 15:63Reciprocal15:8 - the Jebusite; 18:16 - Jebusi; Judges 19:10 - Jebus; 2 Samuel 5:6 - JerusalemVerse 9afterwardJoshua 10:36, 11:21, 15:13-20valleyor, low countryReciprocalNumbers 13:17 - the mountainVerse 10KirjatharbaJoshua 14:15SheshaiJudges 1:20; Numbers 13:22, 13:33; Joshua 15:13, 15:14; Psalm 33:16, 33:17; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - Kirjatharba; Deuteronomy 1:28 - we have seen; Joshua 10:36 - Hebron; 11:21 - the Anakims; 21:11 - the city of ArbaVerse 11DebirJoshua 10:38, 10:39, 15:15Reciprocal11:21 - the Anakims; 15:49 - KirjathsannahVerse 12And CalebThe whole of this account is found in Joshua 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. 15:16, 15:17; 1 Samuel 17:25, 18:23to himIn 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.ReciprocalDeuteronomy 1:36 - Caleb; 1 Chronicles 4:15 - Caleb; Esther 6:3 - What honour; Psalm 60:9 - Who; Jeremiah 29:6 - take wivesVerse 13Judges 3:9ReciprocalJoshua 15:16 - General; 15:17 - Othniel; 1 Chronicles 4:13 - Kenaz; Esther 6:3 - What honourVerse 14And it cameJoshua 15:18, 15:19and she lightedWatitznach, "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.ReciprocalGenesis 24:64 - lighted; 1 Samuel 25:23 - lightedVerse 15a blessingGenesis 33:11; 1 Samuel 25:18, 25:27; 2 Corinthians 9:5 *marg. Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 3:9a south landWhich was probably dry, or very ill watered.give me also springs of waterLet me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.ReciprocalGenesis 21:25 - reproved; Numbers 13:17 - southward; Joshua 15:19 - Give meVerse 16the KeniteJudges 4:11, 4:17; Numbers 10:29-32, 24:21, 24:22; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Chronicles 2:15; Jeremiah 35:2Moses'Exodus 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, 18:7, 18:12, 18:14-17, 18:27; Numbers 10:29city of palmJudges 3:13; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:16whichNumbers 21:1; Joshua 12:14they wentNumbers 10:29-32; 1 Samuel 15:6ReciprocalNumbers 10:32 - General; 1 Samuel 27:10 - Kenites; 30:29 - Kenites; 1 Chronicles 2:55 - Kenites; 2 Chronicles 28:15 - the cityVerse 17And JudahJudges 1:3Zephath2 Chronicles 14:10, ZephathahHormahNumbers 14:45, 21:3; Joshua 19:4Reciprocal15:30 - Hormah; 1 Samuel 30:30 - HormahVerse 18Joshua 11:22, 13:3, 15:45-47; 1 Samuel 6:17Also JudahThere is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint: Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης. "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 sec. 4) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Judges 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.Gaza3:3, 16:1, 16:2, 16:21; Exodus 23:31Reciprocal1 Samuel 5:10 - God to Ekron; Obadiah 1:19 - the plainVerse 19the LordJudges 1:2, 6:12, 6:13; Genesis 39:2, 39:21; Joshua 1:5, 1:9, 14:12; 2 Samuel 5:10; 2 Kings 18:7; Psalm 46:7, 46:11, 60:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 7:14, 8:10, 41:10, 41:14, 41:15; Matthew 1:23; Romans 8:31he draveetc. or he possessed the mountainbut couldNot 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. Judges 1:27-32; Joshua 7:12; Matthew 14:30, 14:31, 17:19, 17:20; Philippians 4:13chariotsExodus 14:7-31; Joshua 11:1-9, 17:16-18; Psalm 46:9ReciprocalNumbers 13:17 - the mountain; Judges 1:22 - the Lord; 2:14 - could not; 4:3 - chariots; Psalm 106:34 - did not; Obadiah 1:19 - the plainVerse 20they gaveNumbers 14:24; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:9-14, 15:13, 15:14, 21:11, 21:12the three sonsJudges 1:10; Numbers 13:22Reciprocal13:28 - saw the; Deuteronomy 1:28 - we have seen; Joshua 11:21 - the Anakims; 14:12 - I shall; 14:13 - gave unto; 1 Chronicles 6:55 - HebronVerse 21Judges 19:10-12; Joshua 15:63, 18:11-28; 2 Samuel 5:6-9ReciprocalGenesis 10:16 - Jebusite; Numbers 33:55 - shall be pricks; Deuteronomy 33:12 - The beloved; Joshua 15:8 - the Jebusite; 18:16 - Jebusi; Judges 1:8 - General; 19:11 - the Jebusites; 2 Samuel 24:16 - the Jebusite; 1 Kings 9:21 - left; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Jebusite; 8:28 - dwelt; 11:4 - Jebus; 2 Chronicles 8:8 - whom the children; Psalm 106:34 - did not; Jeremiah 6:1 - O yeVerse 22the houseNumbers 1:10, 1:32; Joshua 14:4, 16:1-4; 1 Chronicles 7:29; Revelation 7:8the LordJudges 1:19; Genesis 49:24; 2 Kings 18:7ReciprocalGenesis 28:19 - the name; 35:6 - Luz; Numbers 14:9 - the Lord; Joshua 12:16 - Bethel; 16:2 - Bethel; 18:13 - side of Luz; 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel; 1 Kings 11:28 - the house; 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Bethel; Amos 5:6 - the houseVerse 23sentJudges 18:2; Joshua 2:1, 7:2LuzGenesis 28:19, 35:6, 48:3Reciprocal1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel; 1 Kings 11:28 - the house; 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search; Amos 5:6 - the houseVerse 24we willJoshua 2:12-14; 1 Samuel 30:15ReciprocalGenesis 42:9 - Ye are spies; Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no; Joshua 2:14 - when the Lord; 6:25 - Rahab; Judges 8:14 - caught; 1 Samuel 30:16 - when he; 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search; Psalm 60:9 - Who; 116:8 - and my feetVerse 25they smoteJoshua 6:22-25Reciprocal2:14 - when the Lord; 6:25 - Rahab; Judges 8:14 - caught; 1 Samuel 30:16 - when he; Psalm 60:9 - WhoVerse 26the land2 Kings 7:6; 2 Chronicles 1:17ReciprocalJoshua 4:9 - and they are there; 1 Chronicles 4:43 - unto this day; Matthew 27:8 - untoVerse 27ManassehJoshua 17:11-13TaanachJudges 5:19; Joshua 21:25the CanaanitesExodus 23:32; Deuteronomy 7:2; 1 Samuel 15:9; Psalm 106:34, 106:35; Jeremiah 48:10ReciprocalJoshua 11:2 - Dor; 17:12 - General; Judges 1:19 - but could; 1 Samuel 31:10 - Bethshan; 1 Kings 4:11 - Dor; 9:21 - left; 2 Kings 9:27 - Ibleam; 23:29 - Megiddo; 1 Chronicles 4:10 - enlarge; 6:70 - Bileam; 7:29 - MegiddoVerse 28ReciprocalGenesis 9:25 - a servant; Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries; Joshua 17:12 - General; 17:13 - waxen strong; 1 Samuel 14:24 - I may be; 1 Kings 9:21 - levyVerse 29Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:16ReciprocalJoshua 10:33 - Gezer; Judges 3:5 - dwelt; 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Amalekites; 1 Kings 9:15 - GezerVerse 30KitronThe Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or Diocesarea, 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.NahalolJoshua 19:15ReciprocalDeuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries; Joshua 17:13 - put the; Judges 1:33 - becameVerse 31AsherJoshua 19:24-30AcchoAccho, 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.ZidonAnother celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, 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.AchzibOr, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.ReciprocalNumbers 13:21 - Rehob; Joshua 19:28 - great; 19:29 - Achzib; 21:31 - Rehob; 2 Samuel 10:8 - Rehob; 1 Kings 20:26 - Aphek; Matthew 15:21 - TyreVerse 32Psalm 106:34, 106:35ReciprocalJudges 1:33 - he dweltVerse 33NaphtaliJoshua 19:32-38he dweltJudges 1:32became1:30, 1:35; Psalm 18:24ReciprocalJoshua 17:13 - put theVerse 34Judges 18:1; Joshua 19:47Reciprocal13:4 - the Amorites; Judges 2:14 - could notVerse 35AijalonJudges 12:12; Joshua 10:12Shaalbim19:42; 1 Kings 4:9prevailedHeb. was heavyReciprocalJoshua 17:13 - put the; 19:47 - the coast; Judges 1:33 - became; 1 Kings 9:21 - levyVerse 36from the goingor, Maaleh-akrabbim, Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:2Reciprocal15:3 - Maalehacrabbim
1:4 Adonibezek justly requited;
1:8 Jerusalem taken;
1:10 Hebron taken;
1:11 Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir;
1:16 The Kenites dwell in Judah;
1:17 Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken;
1:21 The acts of Benjamin;
1:22 Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el;
1:30 Of Zebulun;
1:31 Of Asher;
1:33 Of Naphtali;
1:34 Of Dan. Verse 1NowJoshua 24:29, 24:30 askedJudges 20:18, 20:28; Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 22:9, 22:10, 23:9, 23:10ReciprocalGenesis 49:8 - thy hand; Numbers 2:3 - the standard; Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring; Joshua 5:1 - Canaanites; 9:14 - asked not; Judges 10:18 - What man; 1 Samuel 9:9 - inquire; 10:22 - inquired; 14:37 - Shall I go; 23:2 - inquired; 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired; 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever; 22:5 - Inquire; 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way; Proverbs 20:18 - and Verse 2Genesis 49:8-10; Numbers 2:3, 7:12; Psalm 78:68-70; Habakkuk 3:1; Revelation 5:5, 19:11-16ReciprocalGenesis 46:12 - Judah; Judges 1:19 - the Lord; 20:18 - Judah; 20:28 - Go up; 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever; 1 Chronicles 5:2 - Judah; 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way; Proverbs 20:18 - and Verse 3SimeonGenesis 29:33; Joshua 19:1 I likewiseJudges 1:17; 2 Samuel 10:11ReciprocalRevelation 7:7 - Simeon Verse 4LordExodus 23:28, 23:29; Deuteronomy 7:2, 9:3; Joshua 10:8-10, 11:6-8; 1 Samuel 14:6, 14:10; 17:46, 17:47; 1 Kings 22:6, 22:15 BezekEusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. 1 Samuel 11:8ReciprocalExodus 23:31 - deliver the; Deuteronomy 2:33 - the Lord; Judges 11:32 - the Lord; 1 Samuel 26:8 - God; 2 Chronicles 13:16 - God delivered Verse 5Reciprocal1 Samuel 11:8 - Bezek Verse 6ReciprocalExodus 14:26 - the waters; 21:24 - General; Joshua 15:16 - General; Esther 8:12 - one day; Psalm 59:11 - Slay; 107:40 - contempt; 149:8 - General; Jeremiah 34:17 - behold; 50:15 - as she Verse 7their thumbsHeb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet, This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies. - Alian 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 Agina 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.gatheredor, gleanedas I haveExodus 21:23-25; Leviticus 24:19-21; 1 Samuel 15:33; Isaiah 33:1; Matthew 7:1, 7:2; Luke 6:37, 6:38; Romans 2:15; James 2:13; Revelation 13:10, 16:6ReciprocalGenesis 19:36 - General; 29:25 - wherefore; 42:21 - we saw; 44:16 - God hath; Exodus 14:26 - the waters; 21:24 - General; 1 Samuel 11:11 - slew; 2 Samuel 1:10 - slew; 10:19 - servants; 1 Kings 16:11 - he slew; 20:1 - Thirty and two; 21:19 - In the place; 2 Kings 11:16 - there was she slain; 2 Chronicles 12:6 - the Lord; 23:15 - they slew her there; Esther 8:12 - one day; Psalm 9:16 - known; 10:14 - to requite; 59:11 - Slay; 107:40 - contempt; 149:8 - General; Proverbs 12:10 - but; Jeremiah 34:17 - behold; 50:15 - as she; 51:49 - As Babylon; Lamentations 1:18 - Lord; Ezekiel 31:11 - he shall surely deal with him; Daniel 11:18 - he shall cause; Joel 3:7 - and will; Obadiah 1:15 - as; Luke 7:29 - justified Verse 8Judges 1:21; Joshua 15:63Reciprocal15:8 - the Jebusite; 18:16 - Jebusi; Judges 19:10 - Jebus; 2 Samuel 5:6 - Jerusalem Verse 9afterwardJoshua 10:36, 11:21, 15:13-20 valleyor, low countryReciprocalNumbers 13:17 - the mountain Verse 10KirjatharbaJoshua 14:15 SheshaiJudges 1:20; Numbers 13:22, 13:33; Joshua 15:13, 15:14; Psalm 33:16, 33:17; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23ReciprocalGenesis 23:2 - Kirjatharba; Deuteronomy 1:28 - we have seen; Joshua 10:36 - Hebron; 11:21 - the Anakims; 21:11 - the city of Arba Verse 11DebirJoshua 10:38, 10:39, 15:15Reciprocal11:21 - the Anakims; 15:49 - Kirjathsannah Verse 12And CalebThe whole of this account is found in Joshua 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. 15:16, 15:17; 1 Samuel 17:25, 18:23 to himIn 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.ReciprocalDeuteronomy 1:36 - Caleb; 1 Chronicles 4:15 - Caleb; Esther 6:3 - What honour; Psalm 60:9 - Who; Jeremiah 29:6 - take wives Verse 13Judges 3:9ReciprocalJoshua 15:16 - General; 15:17 - Othniel; 1 Chronicles 4:13 - Kenaz; Esther 6:3 - What honour Verse 14And it cameJoshua 15:18, 15:19 and she lightedWatitznach, "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.ReciprocalGenesis 24:64 - lighted; 1 Samuel 25:23 - lighted Verse 15a blessingGenesis 33:11; 1 Samuel 25:18, 25:27; 2 Corinthians 9:5 *marg. Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 3:9 a south landWhich was probably dry, or very ill watered.give me also springs of waterLet me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.ReciprocalGenesis 21:25 - reproved; Numbers 13:17 - southward; Joshua 15:19 - Give me Verse 16the KeniteJudges 4:11, 4:17; Numbers 10:29-32, 24:21, 24:22; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Chronicles 2:15; Jeremiah 35:2 Moses'Exodus 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, 18:7, 18:12, 18:14-17, 18:27; Numbers 10:29 city of palmJudges 3:13; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:16 whichNumbers 21:1; Joshua 12:14 they wentNumbers 10:29-32; 1 Samuel 15:6ReciprocalNumbers 10:32 - General; 1 Samuel 27:10 - Kenites; 30:29 - Kenites; 1 Chronicles 2:55 - Kenites; 2 Chronicles 28:15 - the city Verse 17And JudahJudges 1:3 Zephath2 Chronicles 14:10, ZephathahHormahNumbers 14:45, 21:3; Joshua 19:4Reciprocal15:30 - Hormah; 1 Samuel 30:30 - Hormah Verse 18Joshua 11:22, 13:3, 15:45-47; 1 Samuel 6:17 Also JudahThere is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint:
"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 sec. 4) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Judges 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.Gaza3:3, 16:1, 16:2, 16:21; Exodus 23:31Reciprocal1 Samuel 5:10 - God to Ekron; Obadiah 1:19 - the plain Verse 19the LordJudges 1:2, 6:12, 6:13; Genesis 39:2, 39:21; Joshua 1:5, 1:9, 14:12; 2 Samuel 5:10; 2 Kings 18:7; Psalm 46:7, 46:11, 60:12; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 7:14, 8:10, 41:10, 41:14, 41:15; Matthew 1:23; Romans 8:31 he draveetc. or he possessed the mountainbut couldNot 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. Judges 1:27-32; Joshua 7:12; Matthew 14:30, 14:31, 17:19, 17:20; Philippians 4:13 chariotsExodus 14:7-31; Joshua 11:1-9, 17:16-18; Psalm 46:9ReciprocalNumbers 13:17 - the mountain; Judges 1:22 - the Lord; 2:14 - could not; 4:3 - chariots; Psalm 106:34 - did not; Obadiah 1:19 - the plain Verse 20they gaveNumbers 14:24; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:9-14, 15:13, 15:14, 21:11, 21:12 the three sonsJudges 1:10; Numbers 13:22Reciprocal13:28 - saw the; Deuteronomy 1:28 - we have seen; Joshua 11:21 - the Anakims; 14:12 - I shall; 14:13 - gave unto; 1 Chronicles 6:55 - Hebron Verse 21Judges 19:10-12; Joshua 15:63, 18:11-28; 2 Samuel 5:6-9ReciprocalGenesis 10:16 - Jebusite; Numbers 33:55 - shall be pricks; Deuteronomy 33:12 - The beloved; Joshua 15:8 - the Jebusite; 18:16 - Jebusi; Judges 1:8 - General; 19:11 - the Jebusites; 2 Samuel 24:16 - the Jebusite; 1 Kings 9:21 - left; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Jebusite; 8:28 - dwelt; 11:4 - Jebus; 2 Chronicles 8:8 - whom the children; Psalm 106:34 - did not; Jeremiah 6:1 - O ye Verse 22the houseNumbers 1:10, 1:32; Joshua 14:4, 16:1-4; 1 Chronicles 7:29; Revelation 7:8 the LordJudges 1:19; Genesis 49:24; 2 Kings 18:7ReciprocalGenesis 28:19 - the name; 35:6 - Luz; Numbers 14:9 - the Lord; Joshua 12:16 - Bethel; 16:2 - Bethel; 18:13 - side of Luz; 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel; 1 Kings 11:28 - the house; 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Bethel; Amos 5:6 - the house Verse 23sentJudges 18:2; Joshua 2:1, 7:2 LuzGenesis 28:19, 35:6, 48:3Reciprocal1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel; 1 Kings 11:28 - the house; 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search; Amos 5:6 - the house Verse 24we willJoshua 2:12-14; 1 Samuel 30:15ReciprocalGenesis 42:9 - Ye are spies; Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no; Joshua 2:14 - when the Lord; 6:25 - Rahab; Judges 8:14 - caught; 1 Samuel 30:16 - when he; 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search; Psalm 60:9 - Who; 116:8 - and my feet Verse 25they smoteJoshua 6:22-25Reciprocal2:14 - when the Lord; 6:25 - Rahab; Judges 8:14 - caught; 1 Samuel 30:16 - when he; Psalm 60:9 - Who Verse 26the land2 Kings 7:6; 2 Chronicles 1:17ReciprocalJoshua 4:9 - and they are there; 1 Chronicles 4:43 - unto this day; Matthew 27:8 - unto Verse 27ManassehJoshua 17:11-13 TaanachJudges 5:19; Joshua 21:25 the CanaanitesExodus 23:32; Deuteronomy 7:2; 1 Samuel 15:9; Psalm 106:34, 106:35; Jeremiah 48:10ReciprocalJoshua 11:2 - Dor; 17:12 - General; Judges 1:19 - but could; 1 Samuel 31:10 - Bethshan; 1 Kings 4:11 - Dor; 9:21 - left; 2 Kings 9:27 - Ibleam; 23:29 - Megiddo; 1 Chronicles 4:10 - enlarge; 6:70 - Bileam; 7:29 - Megiddo Verse 28ReciprocalGenesis 9:25 - a servant; Deuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries; Joshua 17:12 - General; 17:13 - waxen strong; 1 Samuel 14:24 - I may be; 1 Kings 9:21 - levy Verse 29Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:16ReciprocalJoshua 10:33 - Gezer; Judges 3:5 - dwelt; 1 Samuel 27:8 - the Amalekites; 1 Kings 9:15 - Gezer Verse 30KitronThe Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or Diocesarea, 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.NahalolJoshua 19:15ReciprocalDeuteronomy 20:11 - tributaries; Joshua 17:13 - put the; Judges 1:33 - became Verse 31AsherJoshua 19:24-30 AcchoAccho, 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.ZidonAnother celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, 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.AchzibOr, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.ReciprocalNumbers 13:21 - Rehob; Joshua 19:28 - great; 19:29 - Achzib; 21:31 - Rehob; 2 Samuel 10:8 - Rehob; 1 Kings 20:26 - Aphek; Matthew 15:21 - Tyre Verse 32Psalm 106:34, 106:35ReciprocalJudges 1:33 - he dwelt Verse 33NaphtaliJoshua 19:32-38 he dweltJudges 1:32 became1:30, 1:35; Psalm 18:24ReciprocalJoshua 17:13 - put the Verse 34Judges 18:1; Joshua 19:47Reciprocal13:4 - the Amorites; Judges 2:14 - could not Verse 35AijalonJudges 12:12; Joshua 10:12 Shaalbim19:42; 1 Kings 4:9 prevailedHeb. was heavyReciprocalJoshua 17:13 - put the; 19:47 - the coast; Judges 1:33 - became; 1 Kings 9:21 - levy Verse 36from the goingor, Maaleh-akrabbim, Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:2Reciprocal15:3 - Maalehacrabbim