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3761 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 88.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, and urged upon the people decision in their spiritual choice. Both discourses are marked by absence of all self-exaltation or reference to his …
3762 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 89.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… unto Jehovah ( Genesis 12:6, 7 ). Here also had Jacob settled after his return from Mesopotamia, and purged his household from lingering idolatry, by burying their …
3763 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 90.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… serve Jehovah ( 24:19 )—that is, in their then state of heart and mind—“in their own strength, without the aid of grace; without real and serious conversion from all …
3764 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 91.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… Jehoshua, “Jehovah is help” ( Numbers 13:16 ). And this name is the key to his life and work. Alike in bringing the people into Canaan, in his wars, and in the distribution …
3765 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 93.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ” towards Jehovah was also closely connected with tribal disintegration, which, as we have seen, threatened even in the time of Joshua. Then, as for the outer …
3766 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 94.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… that Jehovah had raised them up.Tola ( 10:1 ), Jair ( 10:3 ), Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon ( 12:8-15 ).
3767 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 94.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah; and nationally, the war with the Canaanites being neglected, and the tribes heeding on every great occasion only their private interests and …
3768 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 97.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… asked Jehovah, no doubt through the Urim and Thummim, which tribe was to take the lead. In reply, Judah was designated, in accordance with ancient prophecy ( Genesis …
3769 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 99.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah.” No Divine manifestation had been vouchsafed them since the Captain of Jehovah’s host had stood before Joshua in the camp at Gilgal ( Joshua 5:13 …
3770 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 100.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah was great. Not only did the place become Bochim, but a sacrifice was offered unto Jehovah, for wherever His presence was manifested, there might …
3771 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 100.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.” Such a people could only learn in the school of sorrow. National unfaithfulness was followed by national …
3772 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 100.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… so, Jehovah, in His mercy, ever turned to them when they cried, and raised up “deliverers.” In the truest sense these generations “had not known all the wars of Canaan …
3773 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 100.6 (Alfred Edersheim)
“to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses” ( Judges 3:4 ).
3774 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 101.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah,” forgetting Him, and serving “Baalim and the groves.” And the first “judgment” on their apostasy is, that they are “sold” by the Lord into the hand of “Chushan …
3775 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 101.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… was upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war.” For the first time in the Book of Judges we meet here the statement, that “the Spirit of Jehovah” “was upon …
3776 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 104.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah” that such deliverance was wrought, nor is it said of Ehud, as of Othniel, that he “judged Israel.” Even Jewish tradition compares Ehud to the “ravening …
3777 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 106.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah—and Ehud was dead.” This furnished a long wished-for opportunity.So literally, and very significantly for the history of Israel.
3778 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 108.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… : “And Jehovah discomfited,” or rather, “threw into confusion, Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host.” The expression is the same as when Jehovah fought against …
3779 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 110.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… so Jehovah reigneth, and the fierce Arab was the sword in His hand!For example in the case of Aretaphila in Cyrene (Plutarch, The Virtues of Women, 19).
3780 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 111.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ye Jehovah!The language is extremely difficult, and the most different interpretations have been proposed. We have adopted the ingenious view of Cassel …