The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Said, by the mouth of Phinees, (Josephus verse 2,) who had succeeded Eleazar in the pontificate. The latter survived Josue some time, so that this must have happened some time later. Le Clerc offers violence to the text, when he asserts that the war against Adonibezec took place under the government of Josue.—Juda. Some suppose that this is the name of the leader: but most people conclude from the sequel, that it designated the tribe. Calmet.—This first judge was of this tribe, but not all of them. The manner of consulting the Lord was by the high priest praying before the tabernacle. Exodus 29. Worthington.
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.