3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here, I. Israel’s sin renewed: They did evil in the sight of the Lord , Jdg. 5:1. The burnt child dreads the fire; yet this perverse unthinking people, that had so often smarted sorely for their idolatry, upon a little respite of God’s judgments return to it again. This people hath a revolting rebellious heart , not kept in awe by the terror of God’s judgments, nor engaged in honour and gr…
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