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Verse Judges 4:3. _NINE HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF IRON_] Chariots _armed_
with iron scythes, as is generally supposed; they could not have been
made all of iron, but they might have been _shod with iron_,...
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OPPRESSED - The same word is used Exodus 3:9 of the oppression of
Israel by the Egyptians. If they were put to task-work in hewing
timber, their condition was very like that of their ancestors making...
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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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TWENTY YEARS.. long time to wait for deliverance....
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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...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CRIED UNTO THE LORD: FOR HE HAD NINE
HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF IRON; AND TWENTY YEARS HE MIGHTILY OPPRESSED THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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CHARIOTS] They would be well-nigh irresistible on the plain. The
Israelites, living in the hills, had none until Solomon's time.
4-24. Defeat and Death of Sisera....
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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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CRIED UNTO THE LORD. — Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Psalms 107:13.
NINE HUNDRED. — Josephus magnifies the number to 3,000.
CHARIOTS OF IRON. —...
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וַ יִּצְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
אֶל ־יְהוָ֑ה...
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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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_Scythes. Hebrew, "chariots of iron." (Calmet)_...
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Observe how grace works. The cry of the soul, and that cry, directed
unto the Lord; these are sure marks of grace. If the Reader would see
the contrast of this, it will not be far to find. Carnal men...
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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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AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Because of their
hard bondage, and begged deliverance from it, being brought to a sense
of their sins, and humbled for them:
FOR HE HAD NINE HUNDRE...
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And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the
children of Israel.
Ver. 3. _He mightily oppressed the children of...
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_Mightily oppressed_ More than former tyrants, from his malice and
hatred against the Israelites, and from God's just judgment, the
growing punishment being suitable to their aggravated wickedness....
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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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And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the
children of Israel, making them feel the full weight and power of h...
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THE PROPHETESS DEBORAH CALLS BARAK...
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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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More than the former tyrants; partly from his malice and hatred
against the Israelites; and principally from God's just judgement, the
growing punishment being most suitable to their aggravated wicked...
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‘ And the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron, and he mightily oppressed the children of
Israel for twenty years.'
They once again recognised that Yahweh alone...
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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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_Israel again did evil _. .. _ the Lord sold them into the hand of
Jabin._
REAPPEARANCE OF VANQUISHED FOES
Their ancient foe, whom they had conquered, rose gradually from his
prostration. He rebuilt...
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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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_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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1 Samuel 7:8; Deuteronomy 28:29; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:47;...
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Mightily oppressed — More than former tyrants; from his malice and
hatred against the Israelites; and from God's just judgment, the
growing punishment being suitable to their aggravated wickedness....