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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Judges 4:10

At his feet, i.e. who followed him or his footsteps; possibly he intimates that they were all footmen, the Israelites neither now having, nor otherwise allowed to have, a multitude of horses; and so this is emphatically added, to signify by what contemptible means God overthrew Sisera's great host, wherein there were ten thousand horses, as Josephus reports.

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See also Judges 4:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 4:10. _TEN THOUSAND MEN AT HIS FEET_] Ten thousand _footmen_. He had no _chariots_; his army was all composed of _infantry_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Rather, “and ten thousand men went up (to Tabor) at his feet;” i. e. as his followers (“after him,” Judges 4:14)....

  • 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

    CALLED: i.e. by proclamation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See notes on Judges 4:6. _and Deboṛah went up with him_ i.e. to mount Tabor, Judges 4:12; the clause seems to belong to the story of Sisera. _at his feet_means _following him_, cf. Judges 8:5;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AT HIS FEET— Deborah and Barak first went to Kedesh to levy the necessary forces, Judges 4:9.; which collected, they set forward for mount Tabor, Judges 4:6. Barak having the men _at his feet; i.e._ f...

  • 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 BARAK CALLED ZEBULUN AND NAPHTALI TO KEDESH; AND HE WENT UP WITH TEN THOUSAND MEN AT HIS FEET: AND DEBORAH WENT UP WITH HIM._ Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh - by the blast of silver...

  • 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

    WENT UP] to Tabor. The flat summit of this conical hill made an excellent position from which the Israelites could charge down to the plain....

  • 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

    CALLED. — The word used is the technical word for summoning an army (2 Samuel 20:4). Naturally Zebulun and Naphtali would be more difficult to arouse than the central tribes, because, though they felt...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּזְעֵ֨ק בָּרָ֜ק אֶת ־זְבוּלֻ֤ן 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'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

    Though the Lord's army were, by the express orders of Deborah, to be gathered from those two tribes, yet from some expressions we meet with after in Deborah's song, it should seem t hat there were oth...

  • 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 BARAK CALLED ZEBULUN AND NAPHTALI TO KEDESH,.... This he did either by the sound of a trumpet, as Ehud did, or by sending messengers to them to collect ten thousand men from among them, which they...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _And he went up with ten thousand men at his feet._] They fol...

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

    _With ten thousand men at his feet_ That is, following him as their leader. Possibly it also intimates that they were all footmen, there being no horses in Judea but what were brought out of other cou...

  • 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

    THE DEFEAT OF SISERA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, as Deborah had suggested; AND HE WENT UP WITH TEN THOUSAND MEN AT HIS FEET, on foot, infantry only, for they had neither chariots nor cavalry; AND DEBO...

  • 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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 4:10 Barak H1301 called H2199 (H8686) Zebulun H2074 Naphtali H5321 Kedesh H6943 up H5927 (H8799) ten...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. And there went up ten eleph of men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.' Zebulun and Naphtali responded to his call and sent him the...

  • 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 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 Kings 20:11; 1 Samuel 25:27; Exodus 11:8; Judges 4:6; Judges 5:15;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ten thousand at his feet — That is, who followed him; possibly he intimates that they were all foot — men; and so this is emphatically added, to signify by what contemptible means God overthrew Sisera...

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