20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
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To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-21)Judgment began at the house of God , in the just correction of the men of Succoth and Penuel, who were Israelites, but it did not end there. The kings of Midian, when they had served to demonstrate Gideon’s victories, and grace his triumphs, must now be reckoned with. 1. They are indicted for the murder of Gideon’s brethren some time ago at Mount Tabor. When the children of Israel, for fear of the…
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