An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

As Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel.

Hierom reads it,¹ As Salmana was destroyed by the house of him that vindicated Baal in the day of Battle.² And so all that follow the old Latin, they refer this to the story that we have in Judges, 8. and think it hath reference to that, the story where Gideon slew Zalmunnah the Prince of Midian, and so they make Arbel to signify the same with Jerubbaal though more short. And the holy Ghost doth seem to make that great Judgment of God upon Salmunna to be exemplary,³ he makes use of it afterwards in Psalm, 83. 11. Make all their Princes like Zeba and Zalmunna.⁴ But now the letters in the Hebrew do differ here, and we do not read of Gideon though he did use very much severity upon Zeba and Zalmunna, yet we do not read that he dashed the mother upon the children.

Hierom reades it,¹ As Salmana was destroyed by the house of him that vindicated Baal in the day of Battel.² And so all that follow the old Latin, they refer this to the story that we have in Judges, 8. and think it hath reference to that, the story where Gideon slew Zalmunnah the Prince of Midian, and so they make Arbel to signifie the same with Jerubbaal though more short. And the holy Ghost doth seem to make that great Judgment of God upon Salmunna to be exemplary,