The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
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The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
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The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
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The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto Me, and I saved you out of their hand.
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Passages linked to Judges 10:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 6:3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
- Judges 5:19-31 “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver. From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength. Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones. ‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’ “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’ Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself, ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’ “So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
- 2 Chronicles 26:6-7 He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
- Psalms 106:42-43 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and…
Jdg 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Ver. 12. The Zidonians also, … and the Maonites.] Hereby it appeareth that God had done more for this people than hitherto had been recorded. He keepeth count; should not we much more?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Zidonians also; for though we do not read…
The Zidonians also; for though we do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians, yet there might be such a thing; as many things were said and done, both in the Old and New Testament, which are not recorded there; or they might join their forces with the king of Mesopotamia, Jdg 3:8, or with some other of their oppressors; for it is certain these were left among others to prove Israel, Jdg 3:1-3. Of
the Amalekites, see Jdg 3:13; 6:3.
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Maonites; either, first, Those who lived in or near the wilderness of Maon, in the south of Judah, 1Sa 23:25; 25:2, whether Edomites or other. Or, secondly, The Mehunims, a people living near the Arabians, of whom 2Ch 26:7. For in the Hebrew the letters of both names are the same, only the one is the singular, the other the plural number. Or, thirdly, The Midianites, whose oppression he would not omit; it being usual for one and the same person or persons to have two names; although the Midianites may be comprehended under the Amalekites, with whom they were joined, Jdg 6:3,33. Or, fourthly, Some other people now unknown, and not expressed elsewhere in Scripture.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Zidonians also,.... Who were left in the land…
The Zidonians also,.... Who were left in the land to distress them, though there is no particular mention of them, and of the distress they gave them, and of their deliverance from it, which yet is not at all to be questioned:
and the Amalekites; both quickly after they came out of Egypt, Exo 17:13 and when they were come into the land of Canaan, joining the Moabites and the Midianites against them, Jdg 3:13.
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and the Maonites did oppress you; meaning either the old inhabitants of Maon, a city in the mountains of Judah, near to which was a wilderness of this name, Jos 15:55 or rather a people of Arabia, called by Strabo (z), and Diodorus Siculus (a), Minaeans, the same with Mehunim, mentioned with the Arabians, Ch2 26:7 and who perhaps came along with the Midianites, when they oppressed Israel; though some have thought of the old inhabitants of Bethmeon and Baalmeon, Num 32:38.
and ye cried unto me, and I delivered you out of their hands; all those mercies and deliverances are mentioned to aggravate their sins, that notwithstanding the Lord hath so often and eminently appeared for them, yet they deserted him and his worship, and fell into idolatry. Jarchi observes, that here are seven salvations or deliverances mentioned in opposition to the seven sorts of false gods or idols they had served, Jdg 10:6.
(z) Geograph. l. 16. p. 528. (a) Bibliothec. l. 3. p. 176.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Zidonians - We do not read of any…
The Zidonians - We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done, which are not recorded. The Maonites - Either first, those who lived in, or near the wilderness of Maon, in the south of Judah, 1 Sam. xxiii, 25; xxv, 2, whether Edomites or others. Or, secondly, the Mehunims, a people living near the Arabians, of whom, 2 Chron. xxvi, 7. For in the Hebrew, the letters of both names are the same, only the one is the singular, the other the plural number.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 10:12. The Zidonians — We do not read…
Jdg 10:12. The Zidonians — We do not read of any oppression of Israel, particularly, by the Zidonians. But many things were done which are not recorded. The Maonites — Either, first, those who lived in or near the wilderness of Maon, in the south of Judah, 1Sa 23:25; 1Sa 25:2; whether Edomites or others. Or, secondly, the Mehunims, a people living near the Arabians, of whom see 2Ch 26:7. For in the Hebrew, the letters of both names are the same, only the one is the singular, the other the plural number.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Zidonians - An allusion to the time of…
The Zidonians - An allusion to the time of Barak, when the Zidonians doubtless formed part of the great confederacy of Canaanites under Jabin king of Hazor. See Jos 11:8.
The Amalekites - In the time of Gideon (marginal reference).
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The Maonites - Probably one of the tribes of the “children of the East,” who came with the Midianites and Amalekites in the time of Gideon, and may have been conspicuous for their hostility to Israel, and for the greatness of their discomfiture, though the record has not been preserved. The name is “Mehununs” in 2Ch 26:7.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Chanaan. Hebrew, "Maon." Septuagint (Roman and Alexandrian), "Madian." The…
Chanaan. Hebrew, "Maon." Septuagint (Roman and Alexandrian), "Madian." The Maonites are styled Mineans by the Septuagint (1 Paralipomenon iv. 40,) and these inhabited Arabia, (Diodorus iii. 42,) and might join themselves to Madian and Amalec, in their attacks upon the Israelites. As for Chanaan, which other editions of the Septuagint retain, we know that they were domestic enemies, like thorns in the sides of Israel, Josue xxiii. 13. All the persecutions, which the Hebrews had to undergo, are not particularized in this book. (Calmet) --- They were grievously tormented in Egypt, they had to contend with the Amorrhites at their first entrance into the land. (Haydock) --- The Ammonites and Amalecites had assisted Eglon before, and the Philistines had attacked Samgar. The Sidonians, it seems, had also greatly molested those who lived near them, and probably were the auxiliaries of Jabin. (Calmet) --- But the Chanaanites were ready to fall upon every weak spot, living in various parts of the country, (Haydock) and continually tempted the people of Israel to abandon the service of God. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Maonites--that is, "Midianites."
Maonites--that is, "Midianites."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. The Zidonians — Who probably joined with Jabin…
12. The Zidonians — Who probably joined with Jabin and other northern Canaanites against Israel, but were defeated by Barak. Jdg_5:19.
Amalekites — From these ancient foes they had been repeatedly delivered in the days of Moses, and Ehud, and Gideon. Compare Exo_17:13; Jdg_3:13; Jdg_6:3.
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Maonites — The Hebrew is Maon, but, like Amalek, it here denotes a people, not a place. We have no record elsewhere of any oppressors of Israel bearing this name; hence the Septuagint reads Midian, and this reading Ewald and Keil follow. It is urged that unless we adopt this reading no mention at all is made of the terrible oppression of Midian. But it may be replied, No mention is made of the Moabite oppression, which lasted eighteen years. Jdg_3:14. The sacred writer does not profess to give an exhaustive history; but, true to the spirit of the Old Testament theocratic history, he selects just seven deliverances of Israel, in apparent allusion to the seven classes of false gods mentioned in Jdg_10:6, where see note. In such an instance it is not ours to say what he ought to have written, and what omitted.
The Maonites may be included under “the children of the East,” chap. Jdg_6:3. “Traces of the name Maon are found in several localities. It is given to a town in the south of Judah, (Jos_15:55,) now identified with the ruins of Tell Main. It is given to the bleak and hilly pasture lands which extend away to the southward of the town of Maon. 1Sa_23:25. Jeremiah (Jer_48:23) mentions Beth-meon, which may be the same as Beth-baal-meon of Jos_13:17, and Baal-meon of Num_32:38, and would thus be identical with the ruins of Main, three miles south of Heshbon. Still another Maon is mentioned. 2Ch_26:7. It is probable that all these names indicate the presence of an ancient and powerful nomad tribe, whose earliest settlements were in the vale of Sodom, and with the Amalekites who dwelt in the wilderness south of Palestine.”-Porter.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. The Zidonians … Amalekites … Maonites] The generalizing…
12. The Zidonians … Amalekites … Maonites] The generalizing list of oppressors is continued. The Zidonians, i.e. Phoenicians (Jdg_3:3 n.), do not appear elsewhere in this character; perhaps the name was suggested by Jdg_10:6. The Amalekites are mentioned as allies of Moab in Jdg_3:13, and of Midian in Jdg_6:3 (see note); cf. Exo_17:8-16 E. The Maonites (Maon is the form here) probably = the Meunim, 1Ch_4:41, 2Ch_20:1 (RVm.), 2Ch_26:7—all late passages; the Meunim, who are referred to as hostile to Israel, were an Arab race inhabiting the Edomite country; their name survives in Ma‘ân, 6 hours S.E. of Petra. Perhaps the post-exilic editor included Maon in this list as being an enemy familiar to later times. On the supposed connexion between the Maonites (Meunim) and the Minaeans see HDB. s.v. The LXX reads Midian here, and many scholars adopt the correction; but it is suspiciously obvious.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) The Sidonians.—Jdg_3:3; Jdg_18:7-28. Nothing very definite is recorded…
(12) The Sidonians.—Jdg_3:3; Jdg_18:7-28. Nothing very definite is recorded of deliverance from the Sidonians; but (as we have seen) the narrative of the book is typical rather than exhaustive. (Comp. Psa_106:42-43.)
The Amalekites.—Exo_17:8, Exod. 6:33, Exo_3:13.
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The Maonites.—As the LXX. here read Madian (and in some MSS. Canaan; Vulg., Chanaan), it seems probable that there has been an early corruption of the text. In the Arabic version we have “Moabites.” There was a town Maon in the desert of Judah (Jos_15:55; 1Sa_23:24; 1Sa_25:2), but this cannot be meant. There is also a Beth Meon in the tribe of Reuben (Num_22:38; Baal Meon, Jer_48:23), and a Meon in Arabia Petræa. Mehunims are also mentioned in 2Ch_26:7, and Meonim in 1Ch_4:41. If this is an allusion to some disaster of which we have no record given we must suppose that Meon was once the capital of some tribe which subsequently dwindled into insignificance.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Zidonians also. This allusion is not clear; it…
The Zidonians also. This allusion is not clear; it may mean the subjects of Jabin king of Canaan, as the northern Canaanites are called Zidonians in Jud_1:18:7; and this agrees with the order in which the deliverance from the Zidonians is here mentioned, next to that from the Philistines, and would be strengthened by the conjecture that has been made, that Harosheth (Jud_1:4:2) was the great workshop in whichthe tributary Israelites wrought in cutting down timber, etc. for the Phoenician ships; or it may allude to some unrecorded oppression. The Amalekites, who were in alliance with the Midianites, (Jud_1:6:3, 33) as previously with the Moabites (Jud_1:3:13) and with the Canaanites, (Jud_1:4:14) and whose signal defeat seems to have given the name to the mount of the Amalekites. (Jud_1:12:15) The Maonites. It is thought by many that the true reading is that preserved in the Septuagint, viz., the Midianites, which, being the greatest of all the foes of Israel, could scarcely be omitted here (see chs. 6., 7., 8.). If Maonites or Maon is the true reading, they would be the same people as the Mehunim, mentioned 2Ch_26:7 (Maon, sing., and Meunim, plur.).
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