| Judges 6:1
| And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord: and he delivered them into the hand of Madian seven years,
| Madian. This nation had formerly been almost extirpated by Moses, Numbers 31:7, etc. (Haydock) --- But they had re-established themselves, and dwelt in the neighbourhood of the Moabites, whom they had assisted. They now made a league with Amalec, and other eastern nations, (Calmet) in order to revenge themselves upon the Israelites. (Haydock) --- Madian was a descendant of Abraham by Cetura, Genesis 25:2. The shortness of the servitude, which the Israelites had to suffer from them, was compensated by its severity. (Menochius)
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