Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Judges Chapter 1
Overview
Jdg 1:1, The acts of Judah and Simeon; Jdg 1:4, Adonibezek justly requited; Jdg 1:8, Jerusalem taken; Jdg 1:10, Hebron taken; Jdg 1:11, Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir; Jdg 1:16, The Kenites dwell in Judah; Jdg 1:17, Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken; Jdg 1:21, The acts of Benjamin; Jdg 1:22, Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el; Jdg 1:30, Of Zebulun; Jdg 1:31, Of Asher; Jdg 1:33, Of Naphtali; Jdg 1:34, Of Dan.
asked: Jdg 20:18, Jdg 20:28; Exo 28:30; Num 27:21; Sa1 22:9, Sa1 22:10, Sa1 23:9, Sa1 23:10
Gen 49:8-10; Num 2:3, Num 7:12; Psa 78:68-70; Heb 7:14; Rev 5:5, Rev 19:11-16
I likewise: Jdg 1:17; Sa2 10:11
Lord: Exo 23:28, Exo 23:29; Deu 7:2, Deu 9:3; Jos 10:8-10, Jos 11:6-8; Sa1 14:6, Sa1 14:10; Sa1 17:46, Sa1 17:47; Kg1 22:6, Kg1 22:15
Bezek: Eusebius and Jerome mention two villages of this name, near each other, about seventeen miles from Shechem, towards Scythopolis. Sa1 11:8
their thumbs: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet, This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies. - Alian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of Agina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children.
gathered: or, gleaned
as I have: Exo 21:23-25; Lev 24:19-21; Sa1 15:33; Isa 33:1; Mat 7:1, Mat 7:2; Luk 6:37, Luk 6:38; Rom 2:15; Jam 2:13; Rev 13:10, Rev 16:6
afterward: Jos 10:36, Jos 11:21, Jos 15:13-20
valley: or, low country
Kirjatharba: Jos 14:15
Sheshai: Jdg 1:20; Num 13:22, Num 13:33; Jos 15:13, Jos 15:14; Psa 33:16, Psa 33:17; Ecc 9:11; Jer 9:23
Debir: Jos 10:38, Jos 10:39, Jos 15:15
And Caleb: The whole of this account is found in Jos 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. Jos 15:16, Jos 15:17; Sa1 17:25, Sa1 18:23
to him: In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city, etc.
And it came: Jos 15:18, Jos 15:19
and she lighted: Watitznach, "she hastily or suddenly alighted," as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return.
a blessing: Gen 33:11; Sa1 25:18, Sa1 25:27; Co2 9:5 *marg. Heb 6:7; Pe1 3:9
a south land: Which was probably dry, or very ill watered.
give me also springs of water: Let me have some fields with brooks, or wells already digged.
the Kenite: Jdg 4:11, Jdg 4:17; Num 10:29-32, Num 24:21, Num 24:22; Sa1 15:6; Ch1 2:15; Jer 35:2
Moses': Exo 3:1, Exo 4:18, Exo 18:1, Exo 18:7, Exo 18:12, Exo 18:14-17, Exo 18:27; Num 10:29
city of palm: Jdg 3:13; Deu 34:3; Ch2 28:16
they went: Num 10:29-32; Sa1 15:6
And Judah: Jdg 1:3
Zephath: Ch2 14:10, Zephathah
Hormah: Num 14:45, Num 21:3; Jos 19:4
Jos 11:22, Jos 13:3, Jos 15:45-47; Sa1 6:17
Also Judah: There is the following remarkable variation here in the Septuagint:
Και ουκ εκληρονομησεν Ιουδας την Γαζαν, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; ουδε την Ασκαλωνα, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; και την Ακκαρων, ουδε τα ορια αυτης; την Αζωτον, ουδε τα περισπορια αυτης.
"But Judah did not possess Gaza, nor the coasts thereof; nor Askelon, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ekron, nor the coasts thereof; nor Ashdod, nor the coasts thereof." Procopius and Augustine read the same; and Josephus (Ant. 1. v. c. 2 sec. 4) says that the Israelites only took Askelon and Ashdod, but not Gaza or Ekron; and from Jdg 3:3, and the whole succeeding history, it appears that these cities were not in the possession of the Israelites, but of the Philistines.
Gaza: Jdg 3:3, Jdg 16:1, Jdg 16:2, Jdg 16:21; Exo 23:31
the Lord: Jdg 1:2, Jdg 6:12, Jdg 6:13; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9, Jos 14:12; Sa2 5:10; Kg2 18:7; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 60:12; Ecc 9:11; Isa 7:14, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14, Isa 41:15; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31
he drave: etc. or he possessed the mountain
but could: Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them. Jdg 1:27-32; Jos 7:12; Mat 14:30, Mat 14:31, Mat 17:19, Mat 17:20; Phi 4:13
chariots: Exod. 14:7-31; Jos 11:1-9, Jos 17:16-18; Psa 46:9
they gave: Num 14:24; Deu 1:36; Jos 14:9-14, Jos 15:13, Jos 15:14, Jos 21:11, Jos 21:12
the three sons: Jdg 1:10; Num 13:22
Jdg 19:10-12; Jos 15:63, 18:11-28; Sa2 5:6-9
the house: Num 1:10, Num 1:32; Jos 14:4, Jos 16:1-4; Ch1 7:29; Rev 7:8
the Lord: Jdg 1:19; Gen 49:24; Kg2 18:7
sent: Jdg 18:2; Jos 2:1, Jos 7:2
Luz: Gen 28:19, Gen 35:6, Gen 48:3
we will: Jos 2:12-14; Sa1 30:15
they smote: Jos 6:22-25
Manasseh: Jos 17:11-13
the Canaanites: Exo 23:32; Deu 7:2; Sa1 15:9; Psa 106:34, Psa 106:35; Jer 48:10
Kitron: The Talmudists say Kitron is "tzippor," that is, Sepphoris, or Diocesarea, a celebrated city of Galilee, now the village Safoury, situated in the plain of Esdraelon, twenty miles (north-west) from Tiberias, according to Benjamin of Tudela.
Nahalol: Jos 19:15
Asher: Jos 19:24-30
Accho: Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.
Zidon: Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saide, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and 200 (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.
Achzib: Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.
Naphtali: Jos 19:32-38
he dwelt: Jdg 1:32
became: Jdg 1:30, Jdg 1:35; Psa 18:24
prevailed: Heb. was heavy