(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
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Gill's Exposition
For my father fought for you,.... In the valley of Jezreel, and at Karkor, where with three hundred men he routed and destroyed an army of 135,000:
and adventured his life far: which, according to…
This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of the Old Testament, 2Sa 12:1-4; 2Sa 14:5-11; 1Ki 20:39-40.…
We have here the only testimony that appears to have been borne against the wicked confederacy of Abimelech and the men of Shechem. It was a sign they had provoked God to depart from them that neither…
Jotham's fable
The author of the fable had several points in his mind: (a) the contrast between Gideon's refusal of the kingship and the arrogant claim of the son of his concubine; the other sons (or…
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