Judges 1:1-33 WEB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:17

‘ And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it, and the name of the city was called Hormah.’ The alliance continued their work by capturing Zephath. The impression given is that it was in Simeonite territory as ‘Judah went with Simeon’. It was ‘devoted’ to Yahweh and therefore totally destroyed, possibly as the first city to be captured for Simeon. Hormah means ‘devoted’ (i.e. to God). But it may also be because of the... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:18

‘ Also Judah took Gaza, with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.’ These were city states in the coastal plain, from Gaza in the south to Ekron in the north, a distance of thirty to forty miles. No mention is made of Gath or Ashdod, which along with Gaza was where Anakim still survived (Joshua 11:22). These were possibly the cities they did not conquer because they had iron chariots (Judges 1:19). It may even be that the reason that they took these three cities... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:19

‘ And Yahweh was with Judah, and he drove out inhabitants of the hill country, for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.’ The hill country was permanently and solely possessed, but not the coastal plain. The idea is not that Yahweh could not, no such thought was in the writer’s mind, but that Judah failed. God would only help them so far. This may have been because they were dilatory, or because of fear and lack of faith in Yahweh (compare... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:20

‘ And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak.’ This repeats what has already been described in Judges 1:10 with the addition that Hebron and its surrounding area was specifically allotted to Caleb and his family in accordance with the word of Moses. Hebron was actually made a Levitical city. The three sons of Anak were as in Judges 1:10. The stress here is that Moses’ words came true. The divine history is seen as one ongoing history,... read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 1:20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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