Judges 4:22

And, behold, as Barak pursued hardly does justice to the original, -lo Barak, in pursuit of Sisera"; a remarkable coincidence! cf. Judges 11:34; Genesis 29:6. According to Judges 4:16 Barak with his tribesmen pursued the Canaanites to Harosheth; Sisera's hiding-place must have lain more or less on the route. On the difficulties of the narrative as it stands see above Judges 4:17 n.

23, 24 give Rd's conclusion of the story; Judges 5:31 b is the finishing touch.

God subdued Instead of God (Elohim) the narrative uses regularly the Lord(Jehovah). For subduedsee on Judges 3:30. It is generally supposed that the stories of the Judges were closed with a brief notice of the subjugation of the oppressors, beforethe Dtc. redactor expanded these conclusions in his own manner; perhaps the words Elohim subdued… formed part of this pre-Deuteronomic editorial work.

Jabin the king of Canaan See on Judges 4:2.

prevailed more and more against bore harder and harder upon, cf. Judges 3:10.