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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Judges 10 This chapter gives an account of two judges of Israel, in whose days they enjoyed peace, Judges 10:1, after which they sinning against God, came into trouble, and were oppressed by their enemies eighteen years, and were also invaded by an army of the Ammonites, Judges 10:6, when they cried unto the Lord for deliverance, confessing their sin; but he had first refused to...
John Gill
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another,.... Being thus assembled and encamped: what man is he that will begin to fight with the children of Ammon? for though the forces were assembled together for battle, yet it seems they had no general to command them, and lead them on to it: he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead, this they ordered to be proclaimed, to encourage...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The peaceable times Israel enjoyed under the government of two judges, Tola and Jair, ver. 1-5. II. The troublesome times that ensued. 1. Israel's sin that brought them into trouble, ver. 6. 2. The trouble itself they were in, ver. 7-9. III. Their repentance and humiliation for sin, their prayers and reformation, and the mercy they found with God thereupon, ver. 10-16....