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Sisera went, not to Heber’s tent, but to Joel’s, as more secure
from pursuit. Women occupied a separate tent. Genesis 18:6, Genesis
18:10; Genesis 24:67....
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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 BATTLE OF THE KISHON AND THE DEATH OF SISERA. The Galilean
highlanders rushed like a torrent down the slope of Mt. Tabor, and
swept the enemy before them. When Sisera left his chariot and fled on...
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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...
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Clause a taken with Judges 4:22 implies that Sisera, as he fled from
the battle, found a place of refuge close by; but according to clause
b taken with Judges 4:11 Jael's tent was in the north, near
K...
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SISERA FLED—TO THE TENT OF JAEL— The common Arabs so far observe
the modes of the east, as to have a separate apartment in their tents
for their wives, made by letting down a curtain, or a carpet, upo...
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_The Death of Sisera Judges 4:17-24_
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife
of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of
Hazor and the house of Hebe...
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_HOWBEIT SISERA FLED AWAY ON HIS FEET TO THE TENT OF JAEL THE WIFE OF
HEBER THE KENITE: FOR THERE WAS PEACE BETWEEN JABIN THE KING OF HAZOR
AND THE HOUSE OF HEBER THE KENITE._
Sisera fled ... to the...
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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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FLED AWAY ON HIS FEET TO THE TENT OF JAEL. — In a different
direction from that taken by his army, which fled towards Harosheth
(Kimchi). The expression is probably used by anticipation. He could
hard...
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וְ סִֽיסְרָא֙ נָ֣ס בְּ רַגְלָ֔יו אֶל
־אֹ֣הֶל
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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 EXECUTIONER
Judges 4:14
“The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his host.” When General
Gordon rode off alone on his camel to break up the camps of the Arab
slave-drivers, he realized, as he wen...
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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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Tent. The women had separate tents from their husbands. Haber, it
seems, was from home, and was not molested by the Chanaanites. He
continued neuter during this war. What then must we think of the
con...
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The peace here spoken of only implies that Jabin did not tyrannize
over Heber's house, as over Israel's. The relationship on account of
Moses, between Heber and Israel, could not have made Jabin ' s
c...
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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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HOWBEIT, SISERA FLED AWAY ON HIS FEET,.... Got off, and made his
escape
TO THE TENT OF JAEL, THE WIFE OF HEBER THE KENITE; before spoken of,
Judges 4:11; and he made to that, because he might think h...
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Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of
Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Ver. 17. _For there was...
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_There was not a man left_ In the field; for there were some who fled
away, as Sisera did. _The tent of Jael_ For women had their tents
apart from their husbands. And here he probably thought he would...
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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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Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of
Heber, the Kenite, seeking refuge at the first place that seemed to
promise him security; FOR THERE WAS PEACE BETWEEN JABIN, THE K...
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THE DEFEAT OF SISERA...
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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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17-24 Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus
are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed,
it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorr...
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TO THE TENT OF JAEL; for women had their tents apart from their
husbands, GENESIS 24:67, GENESIS 31:33. And here he thought to lurk
more securely than in her husband's tent. THERE WAS PEACE; not a
lea...
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Judges 4:17 Sisera H5516 away H5127 (H8804) foot H7272 tent H168 Jael
H3278 wife H802 Heber H2268 Kenite...
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‘ However, Sisera fled away on his feet, to the tent of Jael, the
wife of Heber the Kenite. For there was peace between Jabin, the king
of Hazor, and the house of Heber the Kenite.'
Before going into...
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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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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 4:17 The story of Sisera’s death by the hand
of JAEL is told in great detail, similar to the story of Ehud’s
killing of Eglon (Judges 3:12)....
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_VICTORY—THE LORD GOING BEFORE.— Judges 4:12_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 4:12. AND THEY SHOWED SISERA, etc.] Sisera
was the generalissimo of the King of Hazor; to him, therefore, the
report was carried,...
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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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Amos 5:19; Amos 5:20; Isaiah 57:21; Job 12:19; Job 18:7;...
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The tent of Jael — For women had their tents apart from their
husbands. And here he thought to lurk more securely than in her
husband's tent. Peace — Not a covenant of friendship, which they
were forb...