Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
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Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
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Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
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Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 10:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim…
Isa 10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
Ver. 31. Madmena is removed,] i.e., Fled for fear, as Gibeah. {Isa 10:29}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As yet shall he remain at Nob that day,....…
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day,.... The same day he came from Gebim; and proceed no further as yet, but make a short stay, and prepare himself and army to march to Jerusalem the next day: the Jews say (l), that he performed all his journeys in one day; the same day he came to Ajath he came to Nob, where he stayed the remaining part of the day. Nob was a city of the priests, Sa1 22:19 and so it is called in the Targum here; it was so near Jerusalem, that, as Jarchi and Kimchi say, it might be seen from hence; wherefore here he stood, in sight of Jerusalem; against the wall of it, the Targum says; and did as follows:
he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem; threatening what he would do to it, and despising it as unable to hold out against him; or the sense is this, yet a day, or in a day's time, from the last place where he was; he shall come to Nob, and there shall he stop, and go no further: or, "the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem, shall shake its hand"; bidding him defiance, insulting over him, or rejoicing at the fall of the Assyrian army. Wherefore it follows:
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(l) T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 95. 1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Madmenah - This city is mentioned nowhere else. The…
Madmenah - This city is mentioned nowhere else. The city of Madmanna, or Medemene, mentioned in Jos 15:31, was in the bounds of the tribe of Simeon, and was far south, toward Gaza. It cannot be the place intended here.
Is removed - Or, the inhabitants have fled from fear; see Isa 10:29.
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Gebim - This place is unknown. It is nowhere else mentioned.
Gather themselves to flee - A description of the alarm prevailing at the approach of Sennacherib.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Take. Protestants, "gather themselves to flee." (Haydock)
Take. Protestants, "gather themselves to flee." (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Madmenah--not the city in Simeon (Jos 15:31), but a…
Madmenah--not the city in Simeon (Jos 15:31), but a village near Jerusalem.
removed--fled from fear.
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gather themselves to flee--"put their goods in a place of safety" [MAURER].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. Madmenah (Dung-hill) and Gebim (Cisterns) are both unknown.…
31. Madmenah (Dung-hill) and Gebim (Cisterns) are both unknown. For gather themselves to flee render: hastily secure (their belongings), Exo_9:19.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Madmenah...Gebim. These are, like Gallim and Laisha, villages otherwise…
Madmenah...Gebim. These are, like Gallim and Laisha, villages otherwise unknown. They must have been within a mile or two of Jerusalem, towards the north. Their inhabitants fly as the Assyrians approach.
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