Such a superstitious and unlawful way of worshipping Yahweh is entirely consistent with passages such as Judges 8:27; Judges 11:31; [Ref…

I had wholly dedicated the silver. —Literally, Consecrating, I consecrated—either “I have now consecrated it” as…

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver
to his mother
The whole…

What is related in this, and the rest of the chapters to the end of this book, was done soon after the death of Joshua: see Judges 20:28. To show h…