So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
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So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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Passages linked to Judges 8:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 5:31 “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.
- Judges 3:11 The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
- Psalms 83:9-12 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
- Isaiah 9:4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:26 Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children…
Jdg 8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Ver. 28. Forty years.] Beginning the computation at those forty years mentioned in Jdg 5:31.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Lifted up their heads no more, i.e. recovered not…
Lifted up their heads no more, i.e. recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others, as they had done.
Forty years, i.e. to the fortieth year, from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression: see on Jdg 3:11.
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In the days of Gideon, i.e. as long as Gideon lived.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel,....…
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel,.... By the hand of Gideon humbled and brought under, their power over Israel was broken, and they delivered out of their hands:
so that they lifted up their heads no more; in a proud and haughty manner to insult them, and in an hostile way to invade and oppress them; such a blow was given them that they could not recover themselves, nor do we read of any effort of theirs ever after, or of their giving or attempting to give any disturbance to Israel, or any other nation:
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and the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon; that is, the land of Canaan; it was free from wars with Midian, or any other people, and enjoyed undisturbed peace and tranquillity. According to Bishop Usher (m), this was the fortieth year from the rest restored by Deborah and Barak; and, according to Abarbinel and others, these forty years are to be reckoned from the beginning of the servitude; that is, the seven years' oppression under the Midianites are included in them; but I cannot see that in this instance, and in others before met with, years of bondage can be counted with years of peace and prosperity, and go under that general name. The true sense seems to be, that after the Israelites had been in subjection to the Midianites for seven years, and Gideon had delivered them, that from thenceforward they had rest and quietness forty years, which in all probability was the time Gideon lived after his victories.
(m) Annal. Vet. Test. p. 43.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Lifted up their head - That is, recovered not…
Lifted up their head - That is, recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others. Forty years - To the fortieth year, from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression. The days, &c. - As long as Gideon lived.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. Forty years in the days of Gideon.]…
Verse 28. Forty years in the days of Gideon.] The Midianites were so completely humbled that they could make head no more against Israel during the forty years in which the government of Gideon lasted.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 8:28. They lifted up their heads no more…
Jdg 8:28. They lifted up their heads no more — That is, they recovered not their former strength or courage, so as to conquer or oppress others. The country was in quietness forty years — To the fortieth year from the beginning of the Midianitish oppression; in the days of Gideon — As long as Gideon lived.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain MIDIAN SUBDUED. (Jdg 8:28)
MIDIAN SUBDUED. (Jdg 8:28)
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel--This invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as alarming and desolating as the irruption of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest scourge ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people (Psa 83:11).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. The Deuteronomic editor’s conclusion of the story; cf.…
28. The Deuteronomic editor’s conclusion of the story; cf. Jdg_3:30 n. and Jdg_3:11 n.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) Thus was Midian subdued.—This verse closes the second…
(28) Thus was Midian subdued.—This verse closes the second great epoch of Gideon’s life. The separate phrases occur in Jdg_1:2; Jdg_4:23-24; Jdg_5:31. The remaining verses of the chapter furnish us with a few notices of the third and last period of his life.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Lifted up their heads no more. Thus showing the…
Lifted up their heads no more. Thus showing the wisdom of Gideon"s perseverance in pushing on his victory to completeness. (see Homiletics on Jud 8:4-12) The narrative goes back to ver. 26, or perhaps rather to ver. 21.
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