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3801 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 118.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… begin. Jehovah had called—would Gideon be ready to obey? For judgment must now begin at the house of God. No one is fit for His work in the world till he has begun …
3802 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 119.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah could not be reared till that of Baal had been cast down. It was now built, and that not in some secret hiding-place, but on “the top of this defense”—either …
3803 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 119.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah was now alone professed. Moreover, the whole clan Abiezer, and, beyond it, all who had heard of Gideon’s deed, perpetuated even in his name, were prepared …
3804 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 121.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah’s flock alone left dry.
3805 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 121.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… : “For Jehovah and for Gideon!”—The faith which had made such trial of God was to be put to the severest trial—Israel.s camp was pitched on the height; probably on …
3806 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 123.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah. The fears which all this inspired appear in the interpretation of the dream. But the dream itself was the result of the same feelings. Barley-bread …
3807 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 127.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, they should exalt Gideon as the great national hero. Accordingly, they now offered him the hereditary rule over, at least, the northern tribes. Gideon …
3808 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 128.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, and offered on it accepted sacrifice. Shiloh was deserted, and the high priest seemed set aside. Ophrah had been made what Shiloh should have been …
3809 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 129.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah over Midian. Even his reply to the jealous wrangling of Ephraim does not sound like the straightforward language of one who had dismissed the …
3810 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 129.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… that Jehovah-Ephod in the possession of Gideon’s sons at Ophrah. The present rising would in turn be the contending of Baal against the house of Gideon, and …
3811 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 131.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , Jotham (“Jehovah [is] perfect”), who succeeded in hiding himself, and thus escaped.
3812 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 131.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… with Jehovah ( Joshua 24:26, 27 ). It was in this sacred spot that “the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo” were now gathered to make Abimelech king! Close …
3813 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 132.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… by Jehovah, is observed, but only to be prostituted to Baal. According to Leviticus 19:24, the produce of the fourth year’s fruit planting was to be brought as …
3814 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3
Successors of Abimelech—Chronology of the Period Israel’s renewed Apostasy, and their Humiliation before Jehovah—Oppression by the Ammonites—Jephthah—His History and Vow—The Successors of Jephthah
3815 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 136.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, or to that in any other place than that He had chosen, or through any other than the Levitical priesthood. Accordingly, the sanctuary of Shiloh and …
3816 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 137.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah. Then follows, in ver. 7, a general reference to the twofold contemporaneous oppression by the Ammonites in the east and north, and by the Philistines …
3817 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 138.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… against Jehovah, and now they saw and confessed their wrong towards Jephthah, and appealed to his generosity. In ordinary circumstances he would not have …
3818 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 139.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… now Jehovah God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before His people, and shouldest thou possess it? Is it not so, that which Chemosh thy god giveth …
3819 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 140.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to Jehovah, and I will offer that a burnt offering.” We know that the vow was paid. The defeat of the Ammonites was thorough and crushing. But on Jephthah’s return …
3820 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 3, p. 141.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah. And his vow, which in the Old Testament always expresses the highest religious feeling ( Genesis 28:20; 1 Samuel 1:11; Psalm 116:14; Isaiah 19:21 ), is so …