Judges 5:1
THEN SANG. No singing till after victory. Compare Exodus 15:1. Only weeping before. Compare Judges 2:4 with Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24. See note on Exodus 15:1 for the ten songs.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SANG. No singing till after victory. Compare Exodus 15:1. Only weeping before. Compare Judges 2:4 with Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24. See note on Exodus 15:1 for the ten songs.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
I, EVEN I. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. Compare Exodus 19:18. DROPPED. dripped.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAINS MELTED. from the mountains flowed down streams.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAMGAR. Compare Judges 3:31. THE HIGHWAYS, &C.. the highways were closed.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INHABITANTS. Why not supply the Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) by the words "the women", considering the objects of Jabin's oppression? see notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:24; Judges 5:30. CEASED. ceased [to be]. Same word as "unoccupied" in Judges 5:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW GODS. Compare Deuteronomy 32:16. WAS THERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
IS TOWARD. Supply "saith to", instead of "is". The next clause gives the words spoken.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLACES OF DRAWING WATER: i.e. where the women were to be found. See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:30. Compare Genesis 24:11.Exodus 2:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
AWAKE, AWAKE. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. LEAD THY CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE. lead thy captives captive; "captivity" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject) for the persons made captive. lead captive thy captive train.... [ Continue Reading ]
Some codices and Septuagint divide the two lines thus: Then came down. remnant of the nobles, And the People of Jehovah [came down] with me against the mighty ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS THERE. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ thus: "came down", from Judges 5:13 and Judges 5:15. A ROOT, &C.. whose root was in Amalek. Compare Judges 12:15. Or, according to Septuagint, "they who rooted them out in Amalek. " HANDLE. draw, in the sense of numbering, enrolling, or mustering, as i... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. EVEN. Yea. HE WAS SENT, &C.. into the valley they rushed at his feet. FOR. among.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
BREACHES. creeks or bays.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVES. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-18.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAIN. plunder.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUGHT. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6. Compare Joshua 10:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVE. = torrent. KISHON. Rising in Mount Tabor and running into the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel. SWEPT. Swollen by the heavy rains (Judges 5:4). SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRANSINGS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED ABOVE WOMEN. Compare Luke 1:28 "among". See notes on Judges 4:4; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:7; Judges 5:11; Judges 5:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTTER. See note on Judges 4:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT HER FEET. Note the Figure of speech _Asyndeton._ App-6. HE BOWED, HE FELL. Figure of speech _Epibole._ DEAD. destroyed.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOTHER.. woman active on each side, with other women involved (Judges 5:30). A. the.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ SPED. found; i.e. the damsels they were fighting for: and while doing so they were defeated by. woman. TO EVERY MAN. to every head of. man; "head" put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for the whole person. MAN. Hebrew. _geber_ (App-14. IV). a... [ Continue Reading ]
SO. Figure of speech _Epiphonema._ HAD REST. See note on Judges 3:11.... [ Continue Reading ]