Judges 8:28

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Midian	מִדְיָ֗ן mid.Yan	H4080	Midjan · proper noun, a place name
subdued	וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע vai.yi.ka.Na'	H3665	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לִפְנֵי֙ lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
up	לָשֵׂ֣את la.Set	H5375	to lift · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
heads	רֹאשָׁ֑ם ro.Sham	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
more	יָסְפ֖וּ ya.se.Fu	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
country	הָאָ֛רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
quietness	וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט va.tish.Kot	H8252	to repose (usually figurative) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֖ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
days	בִּימֵ֥י bi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Gideon	גִדְעֽוֹן gid.'on	H1439	Gidon · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Judges 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest fo…
Judges 3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Psalms 83:9-12 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Isaiah 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:22-28

Here is, I. Gideon's laudable modesty, after his great victory, in refusing the government which the people offered him. 1. It was honest in them to offer it: Rule thou over us, for thou hast delivered us, Jdg 8:22. They thought it very reasonable that he who had gone through the toils and perils of their deliverance should enjoy the honour and power of commanding them ever afterwards, and very desirable that he who in this great and critical juncture had had such manifest tokens of God's presence with him should ever afterwards preside in their affairs. Let us apply it to the Lord Jesus: he hath delivered us out of the hands of our enemies, our spiritual enemies, the worst and most dangerou…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 8:28

MIDIAN SUBDUED. (Jdg 8:28) Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel--This invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as alarming and desolating as the irruption of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest scourge ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people (Psa 83:11). Next: Judges Chapter 9

John Gill on Judges 8:28

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel,.... By the hand of Gideon humbled and brought under, their power over Israel was broken, and they delivered out of their hands: so that they lifted up their heads no more; in a proud and haughty manner to insult them, and in an hostile way to invade and oppress them; such a blow was given them that they could not recover themselves, nor do we read of any effort of theirs ever after, or of their giving or attempting to give any disturbance to Israel, or any other nation: and the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon; that is, the land of Canaan; it was free from wars with Midian, or any other people, and enjoyed und…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 8:28-32

Dictionary and topics

Zebah — Man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judg. 8). Zebah and…
Forty · .Peace in Israel — .Peace in Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:22-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 8:28

John Gill on Judges 8:28

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 8:28-32

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:22-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 8:28

John Gill on Judges 8:28

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 8:28-32

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Rashi on Judges 8:27