Judges 4:1
CHILDREN. sons. EVIL. the evil: i.e. idolatry. See App-44. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. EVIL. the evil: i.e. idolatry. See App-44. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
JABIN. Another king. Compare Joshua 11:1. WHICH. and he.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY YEARS.. long time to wait for deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROPHETESS. Not therefore. "judge "in the strict sense of the title. Like Miriam, Exodus 15:20. Huldah, 2 Kings 22:14. Compare her prophecy in verses: Judges 4:7; Judges 4:9. SHE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and she". Note the two women connected with Barak, Deborah and Ja... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT. sat [as judge]: near where her namesake, Rebekah's nurse, died. Genesis 35:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. RIVER KISHON. Compare Psalms 83:9; Psalms 83:10. HAND. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands".... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLED: i.e. by proclamation.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOBAB. Compare Numbers 10:29. UNTO THE PLAIN. Or, at the oak. Joshua 19:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED: i.e. by proclamation. Compare Judges 4:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Samuel 22:15.Psalms 18:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. by. NOT. MAN. Hebrew not so much as one.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TENT OF JAEL. Note, not of Heber: the woman's tent, which itself brought Sisera under the death penalty. But there is nothing to apologize for here. The Author and Giver of life came on Jael as on Ehud, and enabled her to save the daughters of Israel from. fate worse than death. Compare Judges 5... [ Continue Reading ]
MANTLE. rug. Hebrew. _semikah._ occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLE. skin. MILK. Rendered "butter" in Judges 5:25. probably. buttermilk, much used in the East.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance. NO. there is not.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAIL OF THE TENT. a tent peg. Constantly tents are taken down and put up by the women to the present day. SO HE DIED. The first often recorded deaths at the hands of women: Sisera (Judges 4:21); Abimelech (Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21); Sheba (2 Samuel 20:22); the harlot's child (1 Kings 3:19); proph... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROSPERED. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ Hebrew going on went on. Revised Version. prevailed more and more.... [ Continue Reading ]