When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them.
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When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them.
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a horn in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
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Passages linked to Judges 3:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 6:34 But Yahweh’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- Joshua 17:15 Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
- Joshua 17:18 but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it’s farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”
- Judges 5:14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
- Judges 7:24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
- Judges 17:1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Judges 19:1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Kings 9:13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, caused the trumpet to be blown, Num. 20:2,3.
Or, caused the trumpet to be blown, Num. 20:2,3.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 3:27 And it came to pass, when he…
Jdg 3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Ver. 27. He blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim.] He gave the alarm to those valiant and warlike men, such as are for most part your mountaineers; and while the Moabites were all on a hurry about their king’s death, he taketh his opportunity, which, as in all things else, so especially in military matters, is much to be observed, and hastily apprehended, since it is headlong, and once past, irrecoverable.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Doubtless he had prepared
Doubtless he had prepared
the children of Israel, and by his emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, follow after me,.... This…
And he said unto them, follow after me,.... This he said to encourage them, putting himself at the head of them showing himself ready to expose his own life, if there was any danger:
for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands; which he concluded from the success he had had in cutting off the king of Moab which had thrown the Moabites into great confusion and distress, and from an impulse on his mind from the Lord, assuring him of this deliverance:
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and they went down after him: from the mountain of Ephraim:
and took the fords of Jordan towards Moab; where the river was fordable, and there was a passage into the country of Moab, which lay on the other side Jordan; this they did to prevent the Moabites, which were in the land of Israel, going into their own land upon this alarm, and those in the land of Moab from going over to help them:
and suffered not a man to pass over; neither out of Israel into Moab, nor out of Moab into Israel.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The children of Israel - Whom doubtless he had…
The children of Israel - Whom doubtless he had prepared by his emissaries gathered together in considerable numbers.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 3:27-28. He blew a trumpet — In order…
Jdg 3:27-28. He blew a trumpet — In order to summon those who were disposed to recover their liberty to take arms and follow him. And the children of Israel went down with him — Whom doubtless he had prepared by his emissaries, and gathered together in considerable numbers. With these he attacked the Moabites who were in garrisons on the west of Jordan, and slew ten thousand of their best men; which utterly broke the power of Moab, and freed the Israelites from the yoke of that nation. They took the fords of Jordan — Where that river was usually passed, that neither the Moabites that were in Canaan might escape, nor any more Moabites come over Jordan to their succour.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Seirath seems to have been on the road from…
Seirath seems to have been on the road from Galgal to Mount Ephraim. Some conjecture that Josephus speaks of it under the name of Syriad, (Calmet) where he saw the inscriptions, which he asserts were left by the children of Seth before the deluge. (Haydock) --- They might perhaps be the idols which are mentioned here.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim--summoned…
he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim--summoned to arms the people of that mountainous region, which, adjoining the territory of Benjamin, had probably suffered most from the grievous oppression of the Moabites.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Blew a trumpet — The alarm-signal to call…
27. Blew a trumpet — The alarm-signal to call a people rapidly together. Compare Jdg_6:34; 1Sa_13:3; 2Sa_20:1; 1Ki_1:34. Thus Joel, (Joe_2:1,) “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain.”
Mountain of Ephraim — See on Jdg_17:1, and Jos_17:15. Ehud does not first rally his own tribe to his standard, because Benjamin had at this time been almost annihilated by the other tribes. Chapters 19-21.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. when he was come] If Se‘îrah was meant,…
27. when he was come] If Se‘îrah was meant, ‘thither’ should have been written. Some indication of the place is needed; the LXX. cod. B adds ‘unto the land of Israel,’ shewing that the obscurity was felt. Perhaps the simplest course is to suppose that the original order of words has been disturbed, and to read when he was come to (omit in) the highlands of Ephraim he blew a trumpet. For the summons to arms cf. Jdg_6:34; 1Sa_13:3.
the hill country of E.… the hill country] Cf. Jdg_2:9, Jdg_4:5, Jdg_7:24, Jdg_17:1; Jos_17:15. The Highlands, which extend continuously from the Great Plain to the S. of Judah, were occupied in the northern half by W. Manasseh, Ephraim, and Benjamin (‘the hill country of E.’), in the southern half by Judah (‘the hill country of J.’ Jos_21:11); at this period a line of Canaanite strongholds separated the territories of Joseph and Judah. The country between Ramah and Beth-el lay ‘in the hill country of E.’ Jdg_4:5; it was the Israelites of this neighbourhood, i.e. the Benjamites, who responded to their clansman’s call.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) He blew a trumpet.—The word for “trumpet” is…
(27) He blew a trumpet.—The word for “trumpet” is shophar. The LXX. have “he trumpeted with a horn” (Esalpisen en keratine).
In the mountain of Ephraim.—The hill country of Ephraim was always the fastness of Israelitish freedom (Jdg_4:5; Jdg_10:1; 1Sa_1:1; 1Sa_13:6; 1Sa_14:22).
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He before them.—He assumed the leadership.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He blew a trumpet. Like Alfred in the marshes…
He blew a trumpet. Like Alfred in the marshes of Somerset, he gathered a host around him in the shelter of the forest; and then, full of faith in his Divine mission, "strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might," dashed down boldly into the plain, and, seizing the fords, cut off all communication between the Moabites at Jericho and their countrymen east of the Jordan. They could neither escape into Moab nor get help from Moab. Thrown into confusion by the death of their king and the suddenness of the attack, the Moabites fell to the number of 10, 000 men; and so ended the second servitude, to be followed by a rest (if the numeral in the text is sound) of eighty years.
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