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Verse Judges 4:10. _TEN THOUSAND MEN AT HIS FEET_] Ten thousand
_footmen_. He had no _chariots_; his army was all composed of
_infantry_....
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Rather, “and ten thousand men went up (to Tabor) at his feet;” i.
e. as his followers (“after him,” Judges 4:14)....
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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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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;...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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....
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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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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...
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וַ יַּזְעֵ֨ק בָּרָ֜ק אֶת ־זְבוּלֻ֤ן
וְ אֶת
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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
t...
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Judges 4:10 Barak H1301 called H2199 (H8686) Zebulun H2074 Naphtali
H5321 Kedesh H6943 up H5927 (H8799) ten...
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‘ 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...
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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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_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 Kings 20:11; 1 Samuel 25:27; Exodus 11:8; Judges 4:6; Judges 5:15;...
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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...