Chapter 12:
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Judges 12
Concise Complete
Ephraimites quarrel with Jephthah. (1-7) Ibzan, Elon,
and Abdon judge Israel. (8-15)
Verses 1-7 The
Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the
bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is ill to fasten names
of reproach upon persons or countries, as is common, especially upon those under
outward disadvantages. It often occasions quarrels that prove of ill
consequence, as it did here. No contentions are so bitter as those between
brethren or rivals for honour. What need we have to watch and pray against evil
tempers! May the Lord incline all his people to follow after things which make
for peace!
Verses 8-15 We
have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest
life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords
the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully
useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and
without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while
we live, and to die at peace with God and man, form the substance of all that a
wise man can desire.
Chapter 12:
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