The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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Gill's Exposition
The children of Ephraim being armed, and carrying bows,.... Or "casting" arrows out of the "bow" (a); they went out well armed to meet the enemy, and they trusted in their armour, and not in the Lord;…
Barnes' Notes
The children of Ephraim - The sons of Ephraim; that is, the descendants of Ephraim; the tribe of Ephraim. Ephraim was one of the “largest” of the tribes of Israel, and was the “chief” tribe in the…
In these verses,
I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Psa…
Israel's disobedience and ingratitude, in spite of all God's mercies to them at the Exodus and in the wilderness.
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