Judges 6:1
And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
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Genesis 25:2And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Numbers 25:15And the name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
Numbers 31:1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Judges 2:11And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and served the Baalim.
Judges 2:19But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They did not cease from their doings, nor from their
Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:1
Nothing that occurred in the quiet and peaceable times of Israel is recorded; the forty years' rest after the conquest of Jabin is passed over in silence; and here begins the story of another distress and another deliverance, by Gideon, the fourth of the judges. Here is, I. The calamitous condition of Israel, by the inroads of the Midianites, ver. 1-6 . II. The message God sent them by a prophet, by convincing them of sin, to prepare them for deliverance, ver. 7-10 . III. The raising up of Gideon to be their… Read the whole commentary →