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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:21

God’s Activities Through the Other Tribes and Their Disobedience (Judges 1:21-36 ). Judges 1:21 ‘ And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem. But the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.’ This seems to mean that they could have driven them out of the part of Jerusalem and its surrounds that they occupied, but that they did not. They were disobedient. In Joshua 15:63 we read that Judah could not drive the Jebusites... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:22

‘ And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.’ It appears that Bethel, having possibly (but not necessarily) been taken along with Ai in the days of Joshua 8:0, had again been occupied by Canaanites after the Israelites moved on. It lay on the borders of the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. Therefore they combined together to take it. “And Yahweh was with them.” Thus they would be victorious. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:23

‘ And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. Now the name of the city was previously Luz ’ Scouts were sent out to weigh up the situation and bring back information that would aid in the attack. The fact that Yahweh was with them did not excuse them from sensible behaviour. “Now the name of the city was previously Luz.” Bethel was the name given to the area by Jacob and later applied to the city by Israel. But the Canaanites called it Luz (Genesis 28:19; Genesis 35:6; Genesis 48:3). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:24

‘ And the spies saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Show us, we pray you, the way in to the city, and we will deal with you with kindness”.’ The spies managed to capture a man who had left the city, innocent of the fact that an enemy was so close. Then he was taken for questioning. He was no doubt given two options, torture or a reward for his help. We do not know how soon he gave in but in the end he did. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:25

‘ And he showed them the way in to the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go and all his family.’ “And he showed them the way in to the city.” He betrayed his fellow Canaanites and showed them a means by which they could enter the city. “And they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go and all his family.” The men of Joseph broke into the city and slaughtered its inhabitants. However, like Rahab before him, the man, by... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:26

‘ And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.’ The man left Canaan with his family and reaching the land of the Hittites built a new city, calling it Luz, possibly as a kind of guilt offering for what he had done. The Hittites, as a once powerful nation, dwelt in Syria, and their empire would shortly collapse. In all this the tribes of Joseph, (Ephraim and Manasseh), were obedient to God’s command to drive out the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:27

‘ And Manasseh, did not drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns. But the Canaanites would dwell in the land.’ The tribe of Manasseh was divided in two, one section being Beyond Jordan, and the other in the section of Canaan north of Ephraim and south of Zebulun and Issachar. Their territory included the powerful Canaanite... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:1-21

Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine.— From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that the various tribes invaded the land either singly or in small groups; that they had failures as well as successes; that in many instances they did not destroy the older population, but settled peacefully among them; and that, in particular, the larger cities of Canaan, as well as the fertile... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:1-36

Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine.— From this introduction, which is one of the most valuable parts of early Hebrew history, we learn that the various tribes invaded the land either singly or in small groups; that they had failures as well as successes; that in many instances they did not destroy the older population, but settled peacefully among them; and that, in particular, the larger cities of Canaan, as well as the fertile... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:22-26

Judges 1:22-Ezekiel : . The Josephites Capture Bethel.— This is the only exploit of Ephraim and Manasseh recorded here, the purpose of the writer being rather to emphasize the incompleteness of the conquest than to enumerate victories. Bethel is the modern Beitin, 10 m. N. of Jerusalem. Judges 1:24 . What “ the watchers,” or scouts, wished to discover was not the gate, which they could see with their own eyes, but the point where the defences were weakest and an entrance could be most easily... read more

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