Teks -- Judges 1:19 (NET)

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Jdg 1:19 - Could not drive

Because of their unbelief, whereby they distrusted God's power to destroy those who had chariots of iron, and so gave way to their own fear and sloth, whereby God was provoked to withdraw his helping hand.

JFB: Jdg 1:19 - the Lord was with Judah; . . . but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley

The war was of the Lord, whose omnipotent aid would have ensured their success in every encounter, whether on the mountains or the plains, with foot soldiers or cavalry. It was distrust, the want of a simple and firm reliance on the promise of God, that made them afraid of the iron chariots (see on Jos 11:4-9).

Clarke: Jdg 1:19 - And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron

And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron - Strange! were the iron chariots too strong for Omnipotence? The whole of this verse is improperly rendered. The first clause, The Lord was with Judah should terminate the 18th verse, and this gives the reason for the success of this tribe: The Lord was with Judah, and therefore he slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, etc., etc. Here then is a complete period: the remaining part of the verse either refers to a different time, or to the rebellion of Judah against the Lord, which caused him to withdraw his support. Therefore the Lord was with Judah, and these were the effects of his protection; but afterwards, when the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, etc., God was no longer with them, and their enemies were left to be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their side, as God himself had said. This is the turn given to the verse by Jonathan ben Uzziel, the Chaldee paraphrast: "And the Word of Jehovah was in the support of the house of Judah, and they extirpated the inhabitants of the mountains; but afterwards, When They Sinned, they were not able to extirpate the inhabitants of the plain country, because they had chariots of iron."They were now left to their own strength, and their adversaries prevailed against them. From a work called the Dhunoor Veda, it appears that the ancient Hindoos had war chariots similar to those of the Canaanites. They are described as having many wheels, and to have contained a number of rooms. - Ward’ s Customs.

TSK: Jdg 1:19 - the Lord // he drave // but could // chariots

the Lord : Jdg 1:2, Jdg 6:12, Jdg 6:13; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9, Jos 14:12; 2Sa 5:10; 2Ki 18:7; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 60:12; Ecc 9:11; Isa 7:14, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14, Isa 41:15; Mat 1:23; Rom 8:31

he drave : etc. or he possessed the mountain

but could : Not because the iron chariots were too strong for Omnipotence, or because he refused to help them; but because their courage and faith failed when they saw them. Jdg 1:27-32; Jos 7:12; Mat 14:30, Mat 14:31, Mat 17:19, Mat 17:20; Phi 4:13

chariots : Exod. 14:7-31; Jos 11:1-9, Jos 17:16-18; Psa 46:9

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Jdg 1:19

On account of their unbelief, whereby they doubted and distrusted God’ s power to destroy those who had chariots of iron and so gave way to their own fear and sloth, whereby God was provoked to withdraw his helping hand from them, and so they were really made impotent, as they were unwilling. See Jos 17:16 .

Haydock: Jdg 1:19 - Was not able // Scythes

Was not able, &c. Through a cowardly fear of their chariots armed with hooks and scythes, and for want of confidence in God. (Challoner) ---

Hebrew does not sy expressly that Juda could not: quia non ad expellendum, &c. He had not the courage or the will. With God's assistance, what had he to fear? Were these Philistines with their chariots, more terrible than the giants in their fortresses? ---

Scythes. Hebrew receb barzel, "chariots of iron." (Calmet) ---

The Roman and Alexandrian Septuagint have "Rechab was opposed to them." (Haydock) ---

The edition of Basil adds, "and they had chariots of iron," as St. Augustine (q. 5,) reads. A double translation is thus given. (Calmet) ---

These chariots were calculated to cut down all that came in contact with them. (Curtius iv.) (Worthington)

Gill: Jdg 1:19 - And the Lord was with Judah // and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountains // but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley // because they had chariots of iron

And the Lord was with Judah,.... Encouraging, strengthening, succeeding, and giving the tribe victory over the Canaanites; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord was for the help of the house of Judah:"

and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountains; the mountainous part of Judea, such as was about Jerusalem, and where Hebron stood, and other cities, see Jos 15:48, &c. which though fortified both by nature and man, yet God being with them, they were easily subdued:

but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley; God forsaking them, because they were afraid of them, for a reason after mentioned, or through slothfulness, and being weary of fighting, or because they fell into some sins, which occasioned the divine displeasure; so the Targum,"after they had sinned, they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley:"

because they had chariots of iron; but this was no reason why they could not drive them out, if God was with them, who could as easily have delivered these into their hands, as the inhabitants of the mountains; but is the reason why they were afraid to fight with them, and to attempt to drive them out, and which they themselves gave why they did not.