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Verse Judges 4:11. _HOHAB THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF MOSES_] For a
circumstantial account of this person, and the meaning of the original
word חתן _chothen_, which is translated _son-in-law_ in Genesis
19:...
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Read, “Heber the Kenitc had severed himself from the Kenites which
were of the children of Hobab,” etc., “unto the oak (or terebinth
tree) in Zaanaim” (or Bitzaanaim, which Conder identifies with
Bess...
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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...
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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...
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HOBAB. Compare Numbers 10:29.
UNTO THE PLAIN. Or, at the oak. Joshua 19:33....
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_Now Heber the Kenite_ The verse explains, with a view to Judges 4:17
ff., how the Kenites, who belonged properly to southern Palestine (see
on Judges 1:16), came to be in this region: the family of H...
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NOW HEBER THE KENITE— This verse is a parenthesis, to render more
intelligible what follows in the 17th verse. The Kenites lived after
the manner of the Midianites, from whom they descended, in _tents...
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_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...
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_NOW HEBER THE KENITE, WHICH WAS OF THE CHILDREN OF HOBAB THE FATHER
IN LAW OF MOSES, HAD SEVERED HIMSELF FROM THE KENITES, AND PITCHED HIS
TENT UNTO THE PLAIN OF ZAANAIM, WHICH IS BY KEDESH._
Now He...
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THE KENITES] cp. Judges 1:16. FATHER IN LAW] is correct, not (as RV)
'brother in law.' The modern traveller Porter noticed the black tents
of nomads near Kedesh. PLAIN] RV'oak'; evidently a prominent...
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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...
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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...
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HEBER THE KENITE. — See Judges 1:16; Judges 3:31; Numbers 10:29.
WHICH WAS OF THE CHILDREN OF HOBAB. — Rather, _had separated himself
from Kain,from the children of Hobab._ Nomadic settlements are
con...
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וְ חֶ֤בֶר הַ קֵּינִי֙ נִפְרָ֣ד מִ
קַּ֔יִן
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father
in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his
tent (f) unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh....
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Valley. Hebrew elon, may denote also, (Septuagint) "a wood of oaks,"
(Calmet) or a plain. (Haydock) --- Haber probably left the first
settlement of the Cinites near Engaddi, when his brethren went
(Ca...
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The account of this Kenite is very properly introduced here, in order
to explain what afterwards follows in the history, Judges 4:17....
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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...
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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-...
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NOW HEBER THE KENITE,.... A descendant of Kain, a principal man among
the Midianites; the Targum calls him the Salmaean:
[WHICH WAS] OF THE CHILDREN OF HOBAB THE FATHER IN LAW OF MOSES; who
came alon...
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Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father
in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his
tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.
Ver....
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_Now Heber the Kenite_ The husband of Jael. _Had severed himself from
the Kenites_ From the rest of his brethren, who lived in the
wilderness of Judah. What the reason was of his leaving them, is not...
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[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...
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THE DEFEAT OF SISERA...
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Now Heber, the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab, the
father-in-law of Moses, or brother-in-law, for the Hebrew word means
simply a male relative by marriage, HAD SEVERED HIMSELF FROM THE
KEN...
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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...
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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...
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HEBER; the husband of Jael, JUDGES 4:17. THE KENITE; of whom see
NUMBERS 24:21,22 JUD 1:16. _Hobab_; called also _Jethro_. See NUMBERS
10:29. _From the Kenites_; from the rest of his
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‘ Now Heber, the Kenite, had separated himself from the Kenites,
even from the children of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, and had
pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kede...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 4:11 The introduction of HEBER, Jael’s
husband, anticipates vv. Judges 4:17. THE KENITES were distantly
related to the Isra
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 18:1; Exodus 2:18; Exodus 3:1; Joshua 19:33; Joshua 19:37;...
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Heber — The husband of Jael. Of Hobab — Called also Jethro. The
Kenites — From the rest of his brethren, who lived in the wilderness
of Judah. His tent — That is, his dwelling, which probably was in
t...