who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
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who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
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Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
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(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.
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- Zephaniah 1:17 I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
- Joshua 17:11 Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.
- 1 Samuel 28:7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”
- 2 Kings 9:37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.” ’ ”
- Jeremiah 8:2 They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
- Jeremiah 16:4 “They will die grievous deaths. They will not be lamented, neither will they be buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Trodden under feet as mire.
Trodden under feet as mire.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 83:10 [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as]…
Psa 83:10 [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
Ver. 10. Which perished at Endor] A place in the tribe of Manasseh near unto that ancient river, the river Kison, Jos 17:11 1Sa 28:7
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They became as dunq] They lay unburied, rotted above ground, and were spread as compost upon soil.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which perished at En-dor: either,
Which perished at En-dor: either,
1. The Midianites. Or rather,
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2. Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown near Taanach and Megiddo, Jdg 5:19, nigh unto which places was this En-dor, as appears from Jos 17:11.
They became as dung for the earth; they were trodden under foot, and their carcasses left unburied. Compare 2Ki 9:37; Jer 8:2; 16:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Which perished at Endor,.... Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand…
Which perished at Endor,.... Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand this of the Midianites; but rather it is to be understood of Jabin and Sisera, and the army under them, who perished at this place, which is mentioned along with Taanach and Megiddo, Jos 17:11, which are the very places where the battle was fought between Jabin and Israel, Jdg 5:19 according to Jerom (i), it was four miles from Mount Tabor to the south, and was a large village in his days, and was near to Nain, the place where Christ raised the widow's son from the dead, Luk 7:11.
they became as dung for the earth; being unburied, they lay and rotted on the earth, and became dung for it; see Jer 8:2, or were trodden under foot, as dung upon the earth; so the Targum,
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"they became as dung trodden to the earth.''
(i) De locis Hebraicis, fol. 88. L. and 91. E.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Perished at En-dor] This refers to the…
Verse 10. Perished at En-dor] This refers to the defeat of the Midianites by Gideon, who were encamped in the valley of Jezreel, at the foot of Mount Gilboa, and near to Tabor, Jdg 6:33; Jdg 7:1, and consequently in the environs of En-dor. There Gideon attacked and defeated them; and, in various places during their flight, they were destroyed, and left to rot upon the earth. Jdg 7:22-25.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 83:10-12. Which perished at En-dor — Either, 1st,…
Psa 83:10-12. Which perished at En-dor — Either, 1st, The Midianites; or rather, Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown at Taanach and Megiddo, (Jdg 5:19,) nigh unto which places was this En-dor, as appears from Jos 17:11. They became as dung upon the earth — They were trodden under foot, and their carcasses left unburied. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God — The houses and lands of the Israelites, which their God, as they say, gave them in Canaan; but to which they have no rightful title. This was formerly objected by the Ammonites, as we see Jdg 11:13, and the Ammonites were a chief party in this war. So they seem to call them houses of God by way of irony and derision.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Which perished at En-dor - Endor is not particularly…
Which perished at En-dor - Endor is not particularly mentioned in the history of the transaction in the book of Judges, but it is known that Endor was in the vicinity of Mount Tabor, and there is no improbability in the tradition which has fixed the site of the battle at or near Endor. The word or name “En-dor” means properly fount of the dwelling (or, habitation), and was probably given at first to a spring or fountain near to which some distinguished or well-known person dwelt. It is mentioned in Jos 17:11; 1Sa 28:7.
They became as dung for the earth - The land was enriched or made fertile by their flesh, their blood, and their bones, as the field of Waterloo was by that of the slain, or as fields of battle commonly are.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Which perished at Endor—The battle, which began at…
10. Which perished at Endor—The battle, which began at Kishon, reached its crisis at Endor, eight miles east, where the flight began.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. En-dor is not mentioned in the narrative of…
10. En-dor is not mentioned in the narrative of Judges, but it was situated in the same valley as Taanach and Megiddo, which are named in Jdg_5:19, and is mentioned along with them in Jos_17:11.
as dung] Omit as. A contemptuous expression for the fate of un-buried corpses. Cp 2Ki_9:37; Jer_8:2; &c.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) En-dor.—This place, for which see 1 Samuel 28,…
(10) En-dor.—This place, for which see 1 Samuel 28, is not mentioned in Judges 4, but is in the battle-field not far from the Taanach and Megiddo of Deborah’s song. (Robinson, iii. 224)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Which perished at Endor. "Endor" is not mentioned in…
Which perished at Endor. "Endor" is not mentioned in the narrative of Judges; but it was certainly in the neighbourhood of Taanah and Megiddo, which are mentioned. (Jud_1:5:19; see Jos_17:11) They became as dung for the earth; i.e. their carcases manured the soil. (comp. 2Ki_9:37 Zep_1:17)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 10. Which perished at Endor. There was the…
Ver. 10. Which perished at Endor. There was the centre of the carnage, where the heaps of the slain lay thickest.
They became as dung for the earth, manuring it with man; making the earth, like Saturn, feed on its own children. War is cruel, butt in this case it avengements were most just, those who would not give Israel a place above ground are themselves denied a hiding place under the ground; they counted God's people to be as dung, and they became dung themselves. Asaph would have the same fate befell other enemies of Israel; and his prayer was a prophecy, for so it happened to them.
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Ver. 10. They became as dung for the earth. The land was enriched or made fertile by their flesh, their blood, and their bones. Albert Barnes.
Ver. 10. They became as dung for the earth. In the year 1830, it is estimated that more than a million bushels of "human and inhuman bones" were imported from the continent of Europe into the port of Hull. The neighbourhood of Leipsic, Austerlitz, Waterloo, etc., where the principal battles were fought some fifteen or twenty years before, were swept alike of the bones of the hero, and the horse which he rode. Thus collected from every quarter, they were shipped to Hull, and thence forwarded to the Yorkshire bone grinders, who, by steam engines and powerful machinery, reduced them to a granulary state. In this condition they were sent chiefly to Doncaster, one of the largest agricultural markets of the country, and were there sold to the farmers to manure their lands. The oily substance gradually evolving as the bone calcines, makes better manure than almost any other substanceparticularly human bones. K. Arvine.
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