the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Suci 3:12
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2662, bc 1342, An, Ex, Is, 148
did evil: Judges 2:19, Hosea 6:4
and the Lord: Exodus 9:16, 2 Kings 5:1, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 45:1-4, Ezekiel 38:16, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 5:18, John 19:11
the king: 1 Samuel 12:9
Reciprocal: Joshua 23:15 - so shall Judges 3:7 - did evil Judges 4:1 - did evil Judges 10:9 - passed 1 Kings 14:22 - Judah 2 Kings 13:20 - the Moabites Nehemiah 9:28 - did evil again Psalms 78:34 - General Psalms 78:57 - But Psalms 106:41 - he gave
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord,.... Fell into idolatry again, which was a great evil in the sight of God, and what they were prone to fall into:
and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel; put it into his heart to invade them, and encouraged him to it, and gave him success; what kings reigned over Moab between Balak and this king we know not: it is a commonly received notion of the Jews, that Ruth was the daughter of Eglon; see Ruth 1:4; and it was about this time that Elimelech with his two sons went into Moab, and when many of those things recorded in the book of Ruth were transacted:
because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord; which had greatly provoked him to anger, and was the cause of stirring up the king of Moab against them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “strengthening” Eglon was the special work of God, and because Israel “had done evil,” etc. Samuel’s comment on the event is to the same effect 1 Samuel 12:9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 3:12. The children of Israel did evil — They forgat the Lord and became idolaters, and God made those very people, whom they had imitated in their idolatrous worship, the means of their chastisement.
The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab — The success he had against the Israelites was by the especial appointment and energy of God. He not only abandoned the Israelites, but strengthened the Moabites against them.
Eglon is supposed to have been the immediate successor of Balak. Some great men have borne names which, when reduced to their grammatical meaning, appear very ridiculous: the word עגלון Eglon signifies a little calf!
