Judges 3:8 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 3:8

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

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ASV

Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

KJV

Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JUDGES 3.1 (253)

Now Chusarsaton's name is translated as "humiliation." They were delivered, then, to the hands of one who would humiliate them. And it was because they acted wickedly on the heights of the mountains against the Most High that he sent them to their humiliation. But I don't want you to think that it is only in relation to the ancients that divine providence delivers those who were exalted in wickedness for the purpose of humiliating them and that they may be healed by such a wholesome remedy.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Chushan-rishathaim - Kushan, the wicked or impious; and so the word is rendered by the Chaldee Targum, the Syriac, and the Arabic, wherever it occurs in this chapter. King of Mesopotamia - King of ארם נהרים Aram naharayim, “Syria of the two rivers;” translated Mesopotamia by the Septuagint and Vulgate. It was the district situated between the Tigris and Euphrates, called by the Arabian geographers Maverannaher, “the country beyond the river,” it is now called Diarbek. See the note on Act 2:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽחַר־	vai.yi.char-	and it burned	H2734 →
אַ֤ף	'af	[the] anger of	H639 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	on Israel	H3478 →
וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֗ם	vai.yim.ke.Rem	and he sold them	H4376 →
בְּיַד֙	be.Yad	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
כּוּשַׁ֣ן	ku.Shan	Cushan-	H3573 →
רִשְׁעָתַ֔יִם	rish.'a.Ta.yim	Rishathaim	H3573 →
מֶ֖לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אֲרַ֣ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H763 →
נַהֲרָ֑יִם	na.ha.Ra.yim	Naharaim	H763 →
וַיַּעַבְד֧וּ	vai.ya.'av.Du	and they served	H5647 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כּוּשַׁ֥ן	ku.Shan	Cushan-	H3573 →
רִשְׁעָתַ֖יִם	rish.'a.Ta.yim	Rishathaim	H3573 →
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה	she.mo.Neh	eight	H8083 →
שָׁנִֽים׃	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →

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Through
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
leads to
- Leviticus 26:8
  Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 23:10
  One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Isaiah 30:17
  A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…
Through
Judges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
leads to
- Psalms 106:40–42
  So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- 2 Kings 17:20
  So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Through
Psalms 85:3
You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
leads to
- Psalms 106:23
  So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Deuteronomy 13:17
  Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

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About Judges