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Jueces 8:1
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Entonces los hombres de Efraín le dijeron: ¿Qué es esto que nos has hecho, al no llamarnos cuando fuiste a pelear contra Madián? Y lo criticaron duramente.
Y LOS de Ephraim le dijeron: �Qu� es esto que has hecho con nosotros, no llam�ndonos cuando ibas � la guerra contra Madi�n? Y reconvini�ronlo fuertemente.
Y los de Efra�n le dijeron: �Qu� es esto que has hecho con nosotros, no llam�ndonos cuando ibas a la guerra contra Madi�n? Y le reconvinieron fuertemente.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the men: Judges 12:1-6, 2 Samuel 19:41, Job 5:2, Ecclesiastes 4:4, James 4:5, James 4:6
Why: etc. Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us, sharply. Heb. strongly.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 24:14 - a flea 2 Samuel 19:43 - the words Proverbs 13:10 - with Proverbs 15:1 - soft Proverbs 15:18 - he Proverbs 17:14 - leave
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the men of Ephraim said unto him,.... To Gideon, when they brought him the heads of Oreb and Zeeb; taking this to be a proper opportunity to expostulate and chide with him, when they had done so much service:
why hast thou served us thus; neglected them, overlooked them, which they took as a reproach to them, and as if he had bore them ill will:
that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? that he did not call them first, when he called other tribes, as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, when they were as near or nearer, and more nearly allied, being both the descendants of Joseph; and were the tribe that Jacob had given the preference to; and being of proud spirits they envied the glory that Gideon, who was of the tribe of Manasseh, had got; and by which they were jealous he would advance that tribe above theirs:
and they did chide with him sharply; used rough words and ill language, and threw out many keen and biting expressions, which discovered great anger and wrath, envy and ill will.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The success of Gideon’s enterprise mortified the pride of Ephraim, as the chief tribe, seeing that they had played a subordinate part. Compare Judges 12:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VIII
The Ephraimites are angry with Gideon because he did not call
them particularly to his assistance; he pacifies them, 1-3.
Gideon and his three hundred men pass over Jordan, pursuing the
Midianites; and, being faint, ask victuals from the princes of
Succoth, but are refused, 4-7.
They make the like application to the people of Penuel, and are
also refused, 8, 9.
Gideon defeats Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, and
takes them prisoners, 10-12.
He chastises the men of Succoth and Penuel, 13-17.
He slays Zebah and Zalumunna, who had killed his brethren,
18-21.
The Israelites offer him the kingdom, which he refuses, 22, 23.
He requires from them the gold rings which they had taken from
the Ishmaelites, and makes an ephod, which he sets up at
Ophrah; and it became an instrument of idolatry, 24-27.
The land enjoys peace forty years; Gideon dies, having
seventy-one sons, 28-32.
The Israelites fall into idolatry, and forget their
obligations to Gideon's family, 33-35.
NOTES ON CHAP. VIII
Verse Judges 8:1. The men of Ephraim said — This account is no doubt displaced; for what is mentioned here could not have taken place till the return of Gideon from the pursuit of the Midianites; for he had not yet passed Jordan, Judges 8:4. And it was when he was beyond that river that the Ephraimites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to him, Judges 7:25.
