Reference: Robbery
Easton
(9.) Practised by the Ishmaelites (Ge 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15,17), and the men of Shechem (Jg 9:25. See also 1Sa 27:6-10; 30; Ho 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our Lord's time (Lu 10:30; Joh 18:40; Ac 5:36-37; 21:38; 2Co 11:26). The words of the Authorized Version, "counted it not robbery to be equal," etc. (Php 2:6-7), are better rendered in the Revised Version, "counted it not a prize to be on an equality," etc., i.e., "did not look upon equality with God as a prize which must not slip from his grasp" = "did not cling with avidity to the prerogatives of his divine majesty; did not ambitiously display his equality with God."
(10.) "Robbers of churches" should be rendered, as in the Revised Version, "of temples." In the temple at Ephesus there was a great treasure-chamber, and as all that was laid up there was under the guardianship of the goddess Diana, to steal from such a place would be sacrilege (Ac 19:37).
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"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."
The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. read more. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."
and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.
"For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. "After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered.
"For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
"Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
Fausets
Esteemed by the Ishmaelites as creditable (Ge 16:12). Predatory incursions were frequent on the part of the Chaldaeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15,17). The "liers in wait" of the men of Shechem are instances also, "robbing all that came along that way" (Jg 9:25). Also David plundering the Amalekites, etc. (1Sa 27:6-10); they made reprisals (1 Samuel 30). In Israel's disorganized state in the northern kingdom this evil was very prevalent (Ho 4:2; 6:9; Mic 2:8). Owing to the corrupt administration of Roman governors, and the facility of collecting and hiding banditti in the natural caves of Palestine, robbers infested Judaea much in our Lord's time and the age following (Lu 10:30; Joh 18:40; Ac 5:36-37; 21:38; 2Co 11:26). (On the punishment of robbery, see Exodus 22.) (For "thieves" translated "robbers", see Mt 27:38.)
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"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."
The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech.
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. read more. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites."
and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
"Recently My people have arisen as an enemy-- You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.
At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.
"For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. "After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered.
"Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?"
Smith
Robbery,
Robbery has ever been one of the principal employments of the nomad tribes of the East. From the time of Ishmael to the present day the Bedouin has been a "wild man," and a robber by trade.
The Mosaic law on the subject of theft is contained in
There seems no reason to suppose that the law underwent any alteration in Solomon's time. Man-stealing was punishable with death.
Ex 21:16; De 24:7
Invasion of right in land was strictly forbidden.
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"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."
"He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.
"If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.
'Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.