Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Judges Chapter 3
Overview
Jdg 3:1, The nations which were left to prove Israel; Jdg 3:5, By communion with them they commit idolatry; Jdg 3:8, Othniel delivered them from Chushan-rishathaim; Jdg 3:12, Ehud from Eglon; Jdg 3:31, and Shamgar from the Philistines.
am 2561, bc 1443, An, Ex, Is, 48
the nations: Jdg 2:21, Jdg 2:22; Deu 7:22
prove: Deu 8:2, Deu 8:16; Ch2 32:31; Job 23:10; Pro 17:3; Jer 6:27, Jer 17:9, Jer 17:10; Zac 13:9; Joh 2:24; Pe1 1:7, Pe1 4:12; Rev 2:23
as had not: Jdg 2:10
might know: Gen 2:17, Gen 3:5, Gen 3:7; Ch2 12:8; Mat 10:34-39; Joh 16:33; Co1 9:26, Co1 9:27; Eph 6:11-18; Ti1 6:12; Ti2 2:3, Ti2 4:7
to teach: Their fathers fought by a divine power. God taught their hands to war and their fingers to fight, that they might be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour, they must learn what it is to fight like other men.
five lords: Jdg 10:7, Jdg 14:4; Jos 13:3; Sa1 4:1, Sa1 4:2, Sa1 6:18, Sa1 13:5, Sa1 13:19-23, Sa1 29:2
Canaanites: Jdg 4:2, Jdg 4:23, Jdg 4:24; Gen 10:15-19; Num 13:29
Sidonians: Jdg 10:12, Jdg 18:7; Gen 49:13; Jos 11:8-13, Jos 19:28
in mount: Num 34:8; Deu 1:7, Deu 3:9; Jos 11:3, Jos 13:5
to prove: Jdg 3:1, Jdg 2:22; Exo 15:25; Deu 33:8; Co1 11:19; Th2 2:9-12
dwelt: Jdg 1:29-32; Psa 106:34-38
Canaanites: Gen 10:15-18, Gen 15:19-21; Exo 3:8, Exo 3:17; Deu 7:1; Jos 9:1; Neh 9:8
Exo 34:16; Deu 7:3, Deu 7:4; Kg1 11:1-5; Ezr 9:11, Ezr 9:12; Neh 13:23-27; Eze 16:3
did evil: Jdg 3:12, Jdg 2:11-13
the groves: Jdg 6:25; Exo 34:13; Deu 16:21; Kg1 16:33, Kg1 18:19; Kg2 23:6, Kg2 23:14; Ch2 15:16, Ch2 24:18, Ch2 33:3, Ch2 33:19, Ch2 34:3, Ch2 34:7
am 2591, bc 1413, An, Ex, Is, 78
was hot: Jdg 2:14, Jdg 2:20; Exo 22:24; Deu 29:20; Psa 6:1, Psa 85:3
he sold: Jdg 2:14, Jdg 4:9; Deu 32:30; Sa1 12:9; Isa 50:1; Rom 7:14
Chushanrishathaim: Hab 3:7
Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram-naharaim. Aram-naharayim, "Syria of the two rivers," or Mesopotamia, "between the rivers," is a famous province situated between the Tigris and Euphrates. It is called by Arabian geographers, Maverannaher, "the country beyond the river;" and is now called Diarbek.
am 2599, bc 1405, An, Ex, Is, 86
cried: Jdg 3:15, Jdg 4:3, Jdg 6:7, Jdg 10:10; Sa1 12:10; Neh 9:27; Psa 22:5, Psa 78:34, Psa 106:41-44; Psa 107:13-19
raised up: Jdg 2:16
deliverer: Heb. saviour
Othniel: Jdg 1:13
the Spirit: Jdg 6:34, Jdg 11:29, Jdg 13:25, Jdg 14:6, Jdg 14:19; Num 11:17, Num 27:18; Sa1 10:6, Sa1 11:6, Sa1 16:13; Ch2 15:1, Ch2 20:14; Psa 51:11; Co1 12:4-11; Heb 6:4
came: Heb. was
Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram
the land: Jdg 3:30, Jdg 5:31, Jdg 8:28; Jos 11:23; Est 9:22
Othniel: Jdg 3:9; Jos 15:17; Ch1 4:13
am 2662, bc 1342, An, Ex, Is, 148
and the Lord: Exo 9:16; Kg2 5:1; Isa 10:15, Isa 37:26, Isa 45:1-4; Eze 38:16; Dan 4:22; Dan 5:18; Joh 19:11
the king: Sa1 12:9
the city: Jdg 1:16; Deu 34:3; Psa 83:7
served: Lev 26:23-25; Deu 28:40, Deu 28:47, Deu 28:48
am 2679, bc 1325, An, Ex, Is, 166
cried unto: Jdg 3:9; Psa 50:15, Psa 78:34, Psa 90:15; Jer 29:12, Jer 29:13, Jer 33:3
a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini
lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand, This Hebrew phrase intimates that, either through disease or disuse, he made little or no use of the right hand, but of his left only, and so was the less fit for war, because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly. yet God chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory, Psa 44:3; not the right hand of the instruments he employed. Jdg 20:16; Ch1 12:2
sent a present: Sa1 10:27; Pro 18:16, Pro 19:6, Pro 21:14; Isa 36:16
two edges: Psa 149:6; Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16, Rev 2:12
upon: Jdg 3:21; Psa 45:3; Sol 3:8
a very fat: Jdg 3:29 *marg. Sa1 2:29; Job 15:27; Psa 73:7, Psa 73:19; Jer 5:28, Jer 50:11; Eze 34:20
quarries: or graven images, Jos 4:20
a secret: Jdg 3:20; Kg2 9:5, Kg2 9:6; Act 23:18, Act 23:19
And all that: Gen 45:1
a summer parlour: Heb. a parlour of cooling, The aleeyah, or upper chamber, seems to have been of the same description as the oleah of the Arabs, but properly ventilated, described by Dr. Shaw, who says, that to most of their houses there is a smaller one annexed, which sometimes rises one story higher than the house; at other times, it consists of one or two rooms only, and a terrace; while others that are built, as they frequently are, over the porch or gateway, have, if we except the ground floor, which they want, all the conveniences that belong to the house itself. There is a door of communication from them into the gallery of the house; besides another, which opens immediately from a private staircase, down into the porch or street, without giving the least disturbance to the house. In these back houses strangers are usually lodged and entertained; and to them likewise the men are wont to retire from the noise and hurry of their families, to be more at leisure for mediation or diversions. Amo 3:15
I have: Jdg 3:19; Sa2 12:1-15, Sa2 24:12; Mic 6:9
thrust it: Num 25:7, Num 25:8; Sa1 15:33; Job 20:25; Zac 13:3; Co2 5:16
the dirt came out: or, it came out at the fundament, Jdg 3:22
covereth: etc. or, doeth his easement, Sa1 24:3
the quarries: Jdg 3:19
he blew: Jdg 5:14, Jdg 6:34; Sa1 13:3; Sa2 20:22; Kg2 9:13
mountain: Jdg 7:24, Jdg 17:1, Jdg 19:1; Jos 17:15, Jos 17:18
the Lord: Jdg 7:9, Jdg 7:15; Sa1 17:47
lusty: Heb. fat, Jdg 3:17; Deu 32:15; Job 15:27; Psa 17:10
And the land: Jdg 3:11, Jdg 5:31
an ox goad: This implement, Mr. Maundrell informs us, in Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size. He measured several, and "found them about eight feet long; and at the bigger end about six inches in circumference. They were armed at the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at the other end with a small paddle of iron, strong and massive, for cleansing the plough from the clay. In the hand of a powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal than a sword." Jdg 15:15; Sa1 13:19-22, Sa1 17:47, Sa1 17:50; Co1 1:17
also: Jdg 2:16
Israel: "So part is called Israel." Jdg 4:1, 3-24, Jdg 10:7, Jdg 10:17, 11:4-33; Sa1 4:1 "It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines.