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Judges 3:13 KJV
Judges · chapter 3 · verse 13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.Judges 3:13 · King James Version
Judges 3:13 in context
11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- possessedyârashto occupyH3423 →
- gatheredʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- AmalekʻĂmâlêqAmalek, a descendant of EsauH6002 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
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Ehud is the next of the judges whose achievements are related in this history, and here is an account of his actions. I. When Israel sins again God raises up a new oppressor, Jdg 3:12-14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-30