Friday, November 23, 2012

The Period Of The Judges, Gideon Kept the Country Quiet for Forty Years, Judges 8.28

The Period Of The Judges, Gideon Kept the Country Quiet for Forty Years, Judges 8.28

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. (Judges 8:28; KJV)


Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel. The Midianites were humbled and brought under the authority of Israel by the hand of Gideon; their power over Israel was broken, and the Israelites were liberated out of their hands. It is evident from our study of Gideon that the invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as shocking and desolating as the explosion of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest affliction ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people ([1]Psalms 83:11).

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