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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Judges 4:5

Name. Hebrew, "she dwelt (or sat to judge) under the palm-tree of Debbora." "The oak of weeping," allon Bachuth, under which Debbora, the nurse of Rebecca, was interred, was also near Bethel, Genesis xxxv. 8. (Haydock) --- This city was on the confines of the tribes of Ephraim and of Benjamin, over which Debbora chiefly exercised her authority; and here she was consulted by the people. (Calmet)

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See also Judges 4:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 4:5. _THE PALM TREE OF DEBORAH_] It is common for the _Hindoos_ to plant trees in the _names_ of _themselves_ and their _friends_; and some religious mendicants live for a considerable ti...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SHE DWELT - Rather, “she sat,” namely, to judge the people Judges 4:10, but not in the usual place, “the gate” Ruth 4:1; Proverbs 22:22. It suited her character, and the wild unsafe times better, that...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THIRD DECLENSION: UNDER JABIN, DEBORAH, AND BARAK CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Sold into the hand of Jabin (Judges 4:1)_ 2. The cry of the children of Israel (Judges 4:3) 3. Deborah and Barak (Judges 4:4) 4...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PREPARATION FOR WAR. D's framework is found in Judges 4:1 and Judges 4:23 f. Judges 4-5. Deborah and Barak Deliver Israel. The record of this deliverance appears first in a prose and then in a poe...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DWELT. sat [as judge]: near where her namesake, Rebekah's nurse, died. Genesis 35:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah_ The marg. SAT is better, cf. Judges 6:11 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 22:6, lit. _she was sitting_, i.e. to declare the divine will in disputes and cases of difficult...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DEBORAH, A PROPHETESS, &C.— Like Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, Deborah was enriched with the gifts of heaven, necessary to instruct, to direct, and to govern: besides which, God excited her b...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Deborah and Barak Delivered Israel Judges 4:1 to Judges 5:31 _The Rise of Deborah Judges 4:1-9_ And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the Lord...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SHE DWELT UNDER THE PALM TREE OF DEBORAH BETWEEN RAMAH AND BETHEL IN MOUNT EPHRAIM: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME UP TO HER FOR JUDGMENT._ She dwelt under the palm tree - or, collectively, a p...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MOUNT EPHRAIM] see on Judges 3:27. Deborah's own tribe would seem to have been Issachar (Judges 5:15). DWELT] RV 'sat,' as judge, to decide cases. DEBORAH] 'bee.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DEBORAH AND BARAK This deliverance is described a second time in the early poem in Judges 5 (see on Judges 5:1). No other narrative describes more clearly the religious gathering of the clans, and the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 After Ehud’s death, the *Israelites again did not obey God. V2 The *Lord allowed Jabin to *conquer them. Jabin was the king of Hazor in *Canaan...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHE DWELT UNDER THE PALM TREE OF DEBORAH. — Similarly Abraham is said to have lived under the oak of Mamre (Genesis 14:13), and Saul under the pomegranate of Migron (1 Samuel 14:2). “Such tents the pa...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ֠ הִיא יֹושֶׁ֨בֶת תַּֽחַת ־תֹּ֜מֶר דְּבֹורָ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIBYL OF MOUNT EPHRAIM Judges 4:1 THERE arises now in Israel a prophetess, one of those rare women whose souls burn with enthusiasm and holy purpose when the hearts of men are abject and desponde...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A WOMAN'S DELIVERANCE Judges 4:1 The scene changes to the northern part of Canaan. Deborah probably belonged to Issachar, Judges 5:15; but her seat of government was removed to the hill country of Ep...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    With almost wearisome monotony the story of declension, discipline, and deliverance goes forward. After the eighty years of rest, the children of Israel sinned again, and were delivered into the hands...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Judges chapter four may indicate Shamgar worked only briefly after Ehud. At any rate, the children of Israel began to worship idols again after the death of Ehud (Ruth 4:1; Ruth 5:8). God allowed Jabi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Holy Ghost hath thought proper to render this woman's name illustrious in the Church. Some have thought that, as Lapidoth is not a very common name for a man, and rather means light, and illuminat...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the proof-...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SHE DWELT UNDER THE PALM TREE OF DEBORAH,.... Her dwelling house was under a palm tree, or rather she sat under one, in the open air, when the people came to her with their cases, and it was calle...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Ver. 5. _And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah._...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And she dwelt_ Or, as the Septuagint and Vulgate understand it, _she sat:_ she had her judgment-seat in the open air, under the shadow of that tree, which was an emblem of the justice she administere...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [DEBORAH, BARAK.] 1 Deborah and Barak deliuer them from Iabin and Sisera. 18 Iael killeth Sisera. 1 AND the children of Israel againe did euil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. 2 And t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, which received its name from that fact, BETWEEN RAMAH AND BETHEL, in the territory of Benjamin, IN MOUNT EPHRAIM. AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAME UP TO HE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHETESS DEBORAH CALLS BARAK...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-24) Ehud evidently judged Israel during 80 years of peace, but after his death Israel again turned from the Lord's ways, doing evil in His sight. It is not said WHAT evil, b...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-9 Deborah was a prophetess; one instructed in Divine knowledge by the inspiration of the Spirit of God. She judged Israel as God's mouth to them; correcting abuses, and redressing grievances. By Go...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    To have their suits and causes determined by her sentence....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 4:5 sit H3427 (H8802) tree H8560 Deborah H1683 Ramah H7414 Bethel H1008 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 children...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And she stationed herself under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.' When local justice failed,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Victories of Deborah and Barak. CHARACTERS: God, Jabin, Deborah, Barak, Sisera, Jael. CONCLUSION: Those who slight God in their prosperity, will find themselves under a necessity of crying...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 4:1. _When Ehud was dead._ This period includes eighty years from the death of Othniel, and was fraught with important events. Chushan's eight years of affliction, and Eglon's eighteen of presi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Deborah, a prophetess _. .. _ Judged Israel._ DEBORAH: WOMAN’S ATTRIBUTE 1. Amongst the women of the Bible Deborah stands out in great prominence, though we know but little of her character. She is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 4:1__ The fourth judge, Deborah, distinguishes herself as the most godly of all the judges. Her actions and words consistently pointed to God, not away from him....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 4:4 DEBORAH is called a PROPHETESS, one of five such women in the OT (compare Miriam [Exodus 15:20]; Huldah ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE SAD HISTORY OF SIN CONTINUED.— Judges 4:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 4:1. AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AGAIN DID EVIL, etc.] They “_continued to do evil_.” After all the solemn and affecting dealing...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 4:2 SOLD THEM. See Judges 2:14, note. JABIN KING OF HAZOR. The exact site of _Hazor_ has not been identified with certainty, but it is conjectured by Robinson, with great probabilit...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Verse four, or chapter four, verse one; the same old story. AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin the ki...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 6:16; 1 Samuel 6:17

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And she dwelt — Or, she sat: she had her judgment — seat in the open air, under the shadow of that tree; which was an emblem of the justice she administered there: thriving and growing against opposit...

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