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Judges 6:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 6:1

Verse 1 of 40

Scripture focus

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.

Judges 6:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 6:1

Theological / Devotional

Midian. The Midianites were a nomadic people who ranged from the southern part of the peninsula of Sinai (Ex. 3:1) northward to the Gulf of Aqabah (1 Kings 11:18) and as far as the plains east of Moab (Gen. 36:35; Num. 22:4; 25:1, 6; Joshua 13:21). They were kinsmen of the Hebrews inasmuch as Midian was a son of Abraham by his second wife, Keturah (Gen. 25:1-6). The father of Moses’ wife was called the priest of Midian (Ex. 2:15-21).

So strong were the influences of their heathen neighbors, and so weak were their own religious convictions, that the Israelites soon forgot God’s wonderful intervention in their behalf on Mt. Tabor and turned to their former evil ways. In a further effort to awaken the people to their sin, the Lord again allowed their territory to be overrun, this time by the Midianites.

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