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Judices 1:1
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Et factum est post mortem Moysi servi Domini, ut loqueretur Dominus ad Josue filium Nun, ministrum Moysi, et diceret ei :
Post mortem Josue, consuluerunt filii Isra�l Dominum, dicentes: Quis ascendet ante nos contra Chanan�um, et erit dux belli?
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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
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.
