Judges 10:8
in Judges 10who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
KJV
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
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This verse in Judges 10
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That year - Perhaps the closing year of the oppression, when the Ammonites passed over the Jordan. For it was this crowning oppression which brought the Israelites to repentance Jdg 10:10, Jdg 10:15-16, and so prepared the way for the deliverance. Possibly in the original narrative from which this portion of the Book of Judges is compiled, “that year” was defined. The land of the Amorites - Namely, of Sihon king of the Amorites, Num 21:21; Deu 1:4; Jos 13:10; Psa 135:11.
This site's exposition
the anger of the LORD burned against Israel
on Judges 10:7-9
"He sold them," the verb of 2:14, 3:8 and 4:2, here to two buyers, the Philistines on the west and the Ammonites on the east. The land held down is "Gilead, the land of the Amorites," Sihon's kingdom in Numbers 21:21-26, and that title is Jephthah's whole argument at 11:19-22.
This site's exposition
for eighteen years
John Wesley counts the eighteen years from the fourth year of Jair, so that most of his rule overlapped the oppression. Matthew Henry dates them from Jair's death, reasoning that Gilead was Jair's country and would have been protected while he lived. The towns of verse 4 lay in Gilead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
And these eighteen years are not to be reckoned from Jair's death, because that would enlarge the time of the Judges beyond the just bounds; but from the fourth year of Jair's reign: so that the greatest part of Jair's reign was contemporary with this affliction.
Others make them to commence at the death of Jair, which seems the more probable because that part of Israel which was most infested by the Ammonites was Gilead, Jair's own country, which we cannot suppose to have suffered so much while he was living, but that part at least would be reformed and protected.
) because the Israelites had so wretchedly degenerated, and had made themselves so like the heathen, that they had become, in a manner, perfect Amorites ( Ezek. xvi. 3 ), or because by their sin they forfeited their title to this land, so that it might justly be looked upon as the land of the Amorites again, from whom they took it.
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And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel,.... The Philistines on one side, and the children of Ammon on the other; meaning either that year in which Jair died, as Jarchi; or the first year they began to bring them into bondage, as R.
Their repentance and humiliation for sin, their prayers and reformation, and the mercy they found with God thereupon,
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּרְעֲצ֤וּ | vaiyiratzu | and they shattered | H7492 → | |
| וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ | vayrotzetzu | and they crushed | H7533 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַהִ֑יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה | shemoneh | eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֗ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֤י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּעֵ֣בֶר | beever | [were] on [the] other side of | H5676 → | 90 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֖י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בַּגִּלְעָֽד׃ | bagilad | [is] in <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
וַֽיִּרְעֲצ֤וּand they shattered
vaiyiratzuH7492 →
וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ֙and they crushed
vayrotzetzuH7533 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֖הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הַהִ֑יא<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
שְׁמֹנֶ֨הeight-
shemonehH8083 →109 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֜הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֗הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֤י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר֙who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּעֵ֣בֶר[were] on [the] other side of
beeverH5676 →90 times
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֖יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בַּגִּלְעָֽד׃[is] in <the> Gilead
bagiladH1568 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
it leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Revelation 18:7–8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Luke 21:34–35
Through
Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
it leads to
- Isaiah 29:5
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
- Ezekiel 13:10–15
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- 1 Kings 20:30
The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Isaiah 29:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.