Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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Gill's Exposition
Women received their dead raised to life again,.... As the widow of Zarephath, and the Shunammite, Kg1 17:22. Their sons were really dead, and they received them alive gain, from the hands of the…
Barnes' Notes
Who through faith subdued kingdoms - That is, those specified in the previous verses, and others like them. The meaning is, that some of them subdued kingdoms, others obtained promises, etc. Thus,…
Adam Clarke
Who through faith subdued kingdoms - As Joshua, who subdued the seven Canaanitish nations; and David, who subdued the Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, and Edomites. 2 Samuel 8, etc.
Wrought righteousness…
The apostle having given us a classis of many eminent believers, whose names are mentioned and the particular trials and actings of their faith recorded, now concludes his narrative with a more…
Cambridge Bible
subdued kingdoms The allusion is specially to the conquest of Canaan by Joshua, and to the victories of David (2Sa 5:17-25; 2Sa 21:15, &c.).
wrought righteousness The allusion is somewhat vague, but…
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