Psalms 83:10

10 who perished at Endor; they became as dung for the earth.

Psalms 83:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:10

Which perished at Endor
Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand this of the Midianites; but rather it is to be understood of Jabin and Sisera, and the army under them, who perished at this place, which is mentioned along with Taanach and Megiddo, ( Joshua 17:11 ) , which are the very places where the battle was fought between Jabin and Israel, ( Judges 5:19 ) according to Jerom ^F9, it was four miles from Mount Tabor to the south, and was a large village in his days, and was near to Nain, the place where Christ raised the widow's son from the dead, ( Luke 7:11 ) ( 1 Samuel 28:7 )

they became as dung for the earth;
being unburied, they lay and rotted on the earth, and became dung for it; see ( Jeremiah 8:2 ) , or were trodden under foot, as dung upon the earth; so the Targum,

``they became as dung trodden to the earth.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 De locis Hebraicis, fol. 88. L. and 91. E.

Psalms 83:10 In-Context

8 Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Brook of Kishon,

10 who perished at Endor; they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, yea, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna,

12 who said, "Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession."