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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 6:28-40

Beginning Reform at Home Judges 6:28-40 The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had stood the divine test; can you wonder that the Spirit of Jehovah, whom we know as the Holy Spirit, came upon Gideon and wrought mightily through his submitted life? Oh, to be pliant to the Spirit of Christ, as clothes to the body! With heroic courage he blew the trumpet of revolt, regardless of Midian, and at its notes the whole... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:1-40

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible picture is drawn of the people of God hiding in dens and caves and strongholds. In answer to their cry deliverance began. It came through Gideon. He is revealed as a man continuing his work with the bitterness of the whole situation burning like a fire in his bones. He was conscious of the true... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Judges 6:11-40

Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon, and there may come such a call to some who study with us today. In. the days of Gideon the Children of Israel had turned aside to worship Baal. The Lord had given them into the hands of Midian, and they had, in their affliction, cried unto the Lord. When they cried, the Lord heard them and raised up a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:30

‘ Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah-image that was by it.” ’ No doubt they had checked up first on the fact that it was not under Joash’s orders. Then they demanded Gideon’s death. He had committed a gross act of sacrilege. This was ironic for according to Israelite law it was they who should have been put to death (Deuteronomy 13:6-10). This and what follows... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:25-32

Judges 6:25-Jonah : . The Destruction of the Altar of Baal.— We have seen that after the Conquest Yahweh was reverently and innocently called the Baal (Lord) of the land, and that loyal Israelites gave their children Baal names. The present section, in which the Baal of Ophrah is distinguished from Yahweh, and regarded as a heathen god, must have been written after the time of Hosea, who was the first to condemn the practice of applying the name Baal to the God of Israel ( Hosea 2:17) . ... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 6:24-32

CHAPTER 6—Judges 6:24-32THE REMOVAL OF THE BARRIER TO DELIVERANCECRITICAL NOTES.—one thing must be scrupulously gone about, ere a step can be taken to secure the much-needed emancipation of the land. The deliverance itself it would be easy for God to accomplish, were the barrier that prevented it taken out of the way. To remove that barrier out of the way, was, in God’s sight, the great thing to be done. Baal stood where Jehovah alone should stand. That which brought all this misery on Israel,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were robbing all around; he had the patriot's wide sympathy. (2) He was a man also of the strongest common sense, accustomed to look through words to things, and to look the facts of life fair in the face. (3) He was a man of abundant personal valour, but yet unwilling to move a step until he was sure... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Chapter 6So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six,AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: because of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 6:1-40

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham’s fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3 . The children of the east, with Amalek, bloody Amalek and Midian. Some of Moab, of Ammon, and Ishmael, sister nations, leagued for death and hell. This invasion of plunder, war, and murder, extended from the Jordan to Gaza, and shows us by its characters what is in the heart of man. They brought their cattle,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 6:25-32

Judges 6:25-32Throw down the altar of Baal.Baal’s altar destroyed1. Observe God’s command to Gideon. He had been hitherto protesting against the idolatry of his family and country by a life of opposition, inasmuch as it was a life of humble, pious fear, and love of Jehovah, and of the worship of Him as the true God. But now he is commanded to perform an act of opposition. Gideon is to destroy Baal’s altar before he builds God’s; the same altar will not do: God will have no polluted sacrifice;... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 6:28-40

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 6:1-40

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Judges 6:11-40

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:30

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 6:25-32

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 6:24-32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 6:1-40

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 6:1-40

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 6:25-32

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