士师记 1:1

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

猶大和西緬俘擄比色王約書亞死後，以色列人求問耶和華說：“誰要為我們首先去攻打迦南人，與他們作戰呢？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 书 亚 死 後 ， 以 色 列 人 求 问 耶 和 华 说 ： 我 们 中 间 谁 当 首 先 上 去 攻 击 迦 南 人 ， 与 他 们 争 战 ？

Contextual Overview

¹ After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord , "Who will be first to go and fight for us against the Canaanites?" ² The Lord said to them, "The tribe of Judah will go. I have handed the land over to them." ³ The men of Judah said to the men of Simeon, their relatives, "Come and help us fight the Canaanites for our land. If you do, we will go and help you fight for your land." So the men of Simeon went with them. ⁴ When Judah attacked, the Lord handed over the Canaanites and the Perizzites to them, and they defeated ten thousand men at the city of Bezek. ⁵ There they found Adoni-Bezek, the ruler of the city, and fought him. The men of Judah defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites, ⁶ but Adoni-Bezek ran away. The men of Judah chased him, and when they caught him, they cut off his thumbs and big toes. ⁷ Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes had been cut off used to eat scraps that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." The men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there. ⁸ Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They attacked with their swords and burned the city.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Now: Joshua 24:29, Joshua 24:30

asked: Judges 20:18, Judges 20:28, Exodus 28:30, Numbers 27:21, 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Samuel 23:9, 1 Samuel 23:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:8 - thy hand Numbers 2:3 - the standard Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring Joshua 5:1 - Canaanites Joshua 9:14 - asked not Judges 10:18 - What man 1 Samuel 9:9 - inquire 1 Samuel 10:22 - inquired 1 Samuel 14:37 - Shall I go 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Chronicles 6:34 - by the way Proverbs 20:18 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.

Genesis 1:12
The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good.

Genesis 1:16
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

Genesis 1:17
God put all these in the sky to shine on the earth,

Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with living things, and let birds fly in the air above the earth."

Genesis 1:22
God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."

Genesis 1:30
I have given all the green plants as food for every wild animal, every bird of the air, and every small crawling animal." And it happened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now after the death of Joshua,.... With the account of which the preceding book is concluded, and therefore this very properly follows after that; though Epiphanius b places the book of Job between them:

it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the Lord; that is, the heads of them who gathered together at Shiloh, where the tabernacle was; and standing before the high priest, either Eleazar, or rather Phinehas his son, Eleazar being in all probability dead, inquired by Urim and Thummim:

saying, who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? for they had no commander in chief, Joshua leaving no successor, though the Samaritan Chronicle c pretends he did; one Abel, a son of Caleb's brother, of the tribe of Judah, on whom the lot fell, out of twelve of the nine tribes and a half, to whom Joshua delivered the government of the nation, and crowned him: but this inquiry was not for any man to go before them all as their generalissimo, but to know what tribe should first go up, and they were desirous of having the mind of God in it, when they might expect to succeed; which to do, at their first setting out, would not only be a great encouragement to them to go on, but strike dread and terror into their enemies; and this is to be understood of the Canaanites who remained unsubdued, that dwelt among them, and in cities, which though divided to them by lot, they were not in the possession of; and these being troublesome neighbours to them, and besides the Israelites daily increasing, needed more room and more cities to occupy, and more land to cultivate.

b De Mensur. & Ponder. c. 13. c Apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 522.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After the death of Joshua - But from Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:9 is a consecutive narrative, ending with the death of Joshua. Hence, the events in this chapter and in Judges 2:1-6 are to be taken as belonging to the lifetime of Joshua. See Judges 2:11 note.

Asked the Lord - The phrase is only found in Judges and Samuel. It was the privilege of the civil ruler, to apply to the high priest to consult for him the Urim and Thummim (marginal reference). (Compare Joshua 14:1; Joshua 18:1, Joshua 18:10; Joshua 19:51). Here it was not Phinehas, as Josephus concludes from placing these events after the death of Joshua, but Eleazar, through whom the children of Israel inquired “who” (or, rather), “which tribe of us shall go up!”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE BOOK OF JUDGES

-Year before the common year of Christ, 1443.

-Julian Period, 3271.

-Year from the Flood, 904.

-Year before the first Olympiad, 667.

-Creation from Tisri, or September, 2561.

CHAPTER I

After the death of Joshua the Israelites purpose to attack the

remaining Canaanites; and the tribe of Judah is directed to go

up first, 1, 2.

Judah and Simeon unite, attack the Canaanites and Perrizites,

kill ten thousand of them, take Adoni-bezek prisoner, cut off

his thumbs and great toes, and bring him to Jerusalem, where

he dies, 3-7.

Jerusalem conquered, 8.

A new war with the Canaanites under the direction of Caleb,

9-11.

Kirjath-sepher taken by Othniel, on which he receives, as a

reward, Achsah, the daughter of Caleb and with her a south

land with springs of water, 12-15.

The Kenites dwell among the people, 16.

Judah and Simeon destroy the Canaanites in Zephath, Gaza, c.,

17-19.

Hebron is given to Caleb, 20.

Of the Benjamites, house of Joseph, tribe of Manasseh, &c.,

21-27.

The Israelites put the Canaanites to tribute, 28.

Of the tribes of Ephraim, Zebulun, Asher, and Naphtali, 29-33.

The Amorites force the children of Dan into the mountains,

34-36.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Judges 1:1. Now after the death of Joshua — How long after the death of Joshua this happened we cannot tell it is probable that it was not long. The enemies of the Israelites, finding their champion dead, would naturally avail themselves of their unsettled state, and make incursions on the country.

Who shall go up — Joshua had left no successor, and every thing relative to the movements of this people must be determined either by caprice, or an especial direction of the Lord.