Judges 6:2

וַתָּעָז יַד ־ מִדְיָן עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִפְּנֵי מִדְיָן עָשֽׂוּ לָהֶם ׀ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת ־ הַמִּנְהָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֶּֽהָרִים וְאֶת ־ הַמְּעָרוֹת וְאֶת ־ הַמְּצָדֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

In Context

1וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיִּתְּנֵם יְהוָה בְּיַד ־ מִדְיָן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים ׃

3וְהָיָה אִם ־ זָרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעָלָה מִדְיָן וַֽעֲמָלֵק וּבְנֵי ־ קֶדֶם וְעָלוּ עָלָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:47תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ עָבַדְתָּ אֶת ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְטוּב לֵבָב מֵרֹב כֹּֽל ׃

Judges 10:9וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְנֵֽי ־ עַמּוֹן אֶת ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן לְהִלָּחֵם גַּם ־ בִּיהוּדָה וּבְבִנְיָמִין וּבְבֵית אֶפְרָיִם וַתֵּצֶר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְאֹֽד ׃

1 Samuel 14:11וַיִּגָּלוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם אֶל ־ מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּאמְרוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים הִנֵּה עִבְרִים יֹֽצְאִים מִן ־ הַחֹרִים אֲשֶׁר הִתְחַבְּאוּ ־ שָֽׁם ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:2-7

The Inroads of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 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. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they… Read the whole commentary →

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