Judges 6:1

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

In Context

2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Midian the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:2And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Numbers 25:15And the name of the Midianitish woman who was smitten, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Midian.

Numbers 31:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Judges 2:11And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.

Judges 2:19And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted themselves worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.

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 →

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