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Judges 4:15

And the Lord discomfited Sisera, terrified him, threw him into confusion, and all his chariots and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak, for nothing could withstand the charge of the army of Israel, fired as it was with divine enthusiasm by Deborah, so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, in a panic of terror, and fled away on his feet, seeking only to save his life in the general destruction.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 4:15. _THE LORD DISCOMFITED SISERA_] ויהם יהוה _vayiahom_ _Jehovah; the Lord CONFOUNDED, threw them all into confusion, drove_ _them pell-mell_-caused chariots to break and overthrow cha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LIGHTED DOWN OFF HIS CHARIOT - Probably his chariot stuck in the morass (see the note at Judges 4:7); or he might leave his chariot in order to mislead his pursuers, and in hope of gaining a place of...

  • 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 BATTLE OF THE KISHON AND THE DEATH OF SISERA. The Galilean highlanders rushed like a torrent down the slope of Mt. Tabor, and swept the enemy before them. When Sisera left his chariot and fled on...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD DISCOMFITED. Jehovah discomfited. Compare Psalms 83:9. The word implies supernatural phenomena. Compare Judges 5:20.Exodus 14:24. Jos 10:10. 2

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _discomfited_ lit. -confused," -threw into a panic." The word, not a common one, occurs again in the prose counterpart to the Song of Moses (Exodus 14:24), and in Joshua 10:10 just before the poetic f...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE LORD DISCOMFITED SISERA— Though the expression in the text may be well understood according to the Scripture idiom, without any miraculous interposition; yet it is generally supposed, from the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Barak's Aid to Deborah Judges 4:10-16_ 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, whic...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD DISCOMFITED SISERA, AND ALL HIS CHARIOTS, AND ALL HIS HOST, WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD BEFORE BARAK; SO THAT SISERA LIGHTED DOWN OFF HIS CHARIOT, AND FLED AWAY ON HIS FEET._ The Lord di...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FLED AWAY] northward to Kedesh, while Barak's host hurries westwards....

  • 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

    DISCOMFITED. — The same word as in Exodus 14:24; Joshua 10:10. The LXX. _exestçse,_ and the Vulg. _perterruit,_ imply the element of immediate Divine aid in the battle. SISERA, AND ALL HIS CHARIOTS. —...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֣הָם יְ֠הוָה אֶת ־סִֽיסְרָ֨א וְ אֶת

  • 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 EXECUTIONER Judges 4:14 “The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his host.” When General Gordon rode off alone on his camel to break up the camps of the Arab slave-drivers, he realized, as he wen...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Terror. The most dreadful storms of thunder, lightning, &c., (chap. v. 20,) discomfited the enemy, while the sword of Barac (Calmet) dealt death around, so that Sisara and all his army presently turn...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Such, Reader, will be, and such even now is, the sure event of the wars of God's people, who fight under the banner of Jesus. There shall not a man be able to stand before thee all thy days. So run th...

  • 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 THE LORD DISCOMFITED SISERA AND ALL [HIS] CHARIOTS, AND ALL [HIS] HOST,.... Frightened them, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, or disturbed them with a noise and tumult, as the word si...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all [his] chariots, and all [his] host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off [his] chariot, and fled away on his feet. Ver. 15...

  • 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...

  • 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

    10-16. Siser's confidence was chiefly in his chariots. But if we have ground to hope that God goes before us, we may go on with courage and cheerfulness. Be not dismayed at the difficulties thou meet...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD DISCOMFITED SISERA, with great terror and noise, as the word signifies, EXODUS 14:24 JOSHUA 10:10 1SA 10, most probably with thunder, and lightning, and hailstones, or other such instruments...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 4:15 LORD H3068 routed H2000 (H8799) Sisera H5516 chariots H7393 army H4264 edge H6310 sword H2719 before...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Judges 4:15 a ‘And Yahweh discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak.' It was a total rout. Without iron accoutrements to hinder them, and more...

  • 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 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _VICTORY—THE LORD GOING BEFORE.— Judges 4:12_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 4:12. AND THEY SHOWED SISERA, etc.] Sisera was the generalissimo of the King of Hazor; to him, therefore, the report was carried,...

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 13:15; 2 Kings 7:6; Hebrews 11:32; Joshua 10:10; J

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Discomfited — With great terror and noise, as the word signifies, probably with thunder and lightning, and hail — stones, poured upon them from heaven, as is implied, Judges 5:20. Edge of the sword —...

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