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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:9-17

Psalms 78:9-17The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.God in human historyI. A people is a community that are most favoured with privileges are oftentimes the most sinful. Ephraim was not only one of the largest, but one of the most favoured of the Jewish tribes. He descended from Joseph, the highly favoured of God. He received the benediction from the lips of Jacob; and yet this tribe was so prominent in the rebellion that it stands as the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:9

Psa 78:9 The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. Ver. 9. The children of Ephraim being armed, &c. ] This the Rabbis interpret of eight thousand Ephraimites, who would needs break prison, as it were, out of Egypt (before the time that God had set for their deliverance thence), and seize upon Palestine, the promised land; but with evil success; for they were slain by the men of Gath, to the great grief of their father Ephraim, 1... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 78:9

The children: Some think this refers to a defeat of the Ephraimites mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:20-Song of Solomon :, but it probably refers to the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from that of the other tribes: some therefore think, "that the children of Ephraim" is put by a figure of speech for the nation in general. Deuteronomy 1:41-Acts :, Joshua... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 78:9

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.Ephraim — That Ephraim is here put for all Israel seems evident from the following verses, wherein the sins, upon which this overthrow is charged, are manifestly the sins of all the children of Israel, and they who are here called Ephraim are called Jacob and Israel, verse21, and this passage may refer to that dreadful overthrow related, 1 Samuel 4:10,11, which is particularly named, because as the ark,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:9

9. The psalmist has introduced his subject, and prepared the way for the admonitory rehearsal of God’s acts of sovereign authority toward the nation. The children of Ephraim The reader will remember that the sacred ark and tabernacle had abode at Shiloh, within the tribal limits of Ephraim, more than 300 years, from the time of Joshua (Joshua 18:1-10) until the time of Eli. 1Sa 1:3 ; 1 Samuel 1:9. The ark then passed from Shiloh and remained at Bethshemesh and Kirjath-jearim till David... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 78:9-17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 78:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 78:9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 78:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 78:9

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