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Judges 10:11

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The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Did not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

KJV

And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

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This verse in Judges 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
(See the marginal references). The Israelites were delivered from the “Egyptians” at the Exodus; from the “Amorites” in the victories over Sihon, and Og, and the five kings of the Amorites Jos 10:5; from the “children of Ammon” by Ehud; and from the “Philistines,” by the hand of Shamgar (compare 1Sa 12:9).

This site's exposition

Did not I deliver you

on Judges 10:11-12

The answer sets seven rescues against the seven gods of verse 6: Egyptians, Amorites, Ammon, Philistines, Zidonians, Amalekites and Maonites. Four of them are already in the record, the Exodus, Sihon and Og, Ehud against Moab and Ammon, and Shamgar against the Philistines, and Barnes matches them off in that order. The Maonites are named nowhere else in Judges, and readers differ on who they were, with Barnes taking them for one of the peoples of the east who came with Midian in Gideon's day and others reading the name as the Mehunim of 2 Chronicles 26:7. The Zidonians are read back to the Canaanite coalition under Jabin in chapter 4.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The Lord said - Either by some prophet whom he raised and sent for this purpose: or by the high-priest, who was consulted in the case. From the Amorites - Both Sihon and Og, and their people, and other kings of the Amorites within Jordan.
And the Lord said unto the children of Israel,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Of their being oppressed by the Zidonians and the Maonites we read not elsewhere. God had in justice corrected them, and in mercy delivered them, and therefore might reasonably expect that either through fear or through love they would adhere to him and his service.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians--The circumstances recorded in this and the following verses were not probably made through the high priest, whose duty it was to interpret the will of God.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And the Lord said - By what means these reproofs were conveyed to the Israelites, we know not: it must have been by an angel, a prophet, or some holy man inspired for the occasion.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Was it not from Mitzrayim. There are seven salvations here, corresponding with the seven pagan gods they worshiped. 6 V. See Rashi there.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Judges 10:11:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And Maon. The name of a nation. 7 But not, as generally translated, “a dwelling place.”
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Judges 10:12:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַ֥יֹּאמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הֲלֹ֤א¿ not

    halo'H3808 →5168 times

  • מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙from Egypt

    mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]

    haemoriH567 →87 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּ֖וֹןAmmon

    amonH5983 →106 times

  • וּמִן־and from

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃[the] Philistines

    pelishtimH6430 →287 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.5 worksJudges 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.4 worksNumbers 21:21–25Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,4 worksHebrews 11:29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.2 worksPsalms 135:10–11He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:2 worksJudges 2:1–3Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 12:8When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.2 worksPsalms 78:51–53He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.2 worksPsalms 106:8–11Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.2 worksNehemiah 9:9–11You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.2 worksNumbers 21:35So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.2 worksJudges 3:11–15So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 14:30

    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:10

      He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    • Psalms 106:8

      Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

    • Psalms 92:9–11

      For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

    • Jude 1:5

      Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

  • Through

    Judges 3:31

    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

    it leads to

    • Judges 5:6

      In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:29

    By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:9–11

      He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

    • Exodus 14:13

      But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…

    • Psalms 78:13

      He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

About Judges

The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Death of Samson, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 10 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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