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Verse Judges 4:19. _SHE OPENED A BOTTLE OF MILK_] She gave more than
he requested; and her friendship increased his confidence and
security....
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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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BOTTLE. skin.
MILK. Rendered "butter" in Judges 5:25. probably. buttermilk, much
used in the East....
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_a bottle of milk_ THE MILK-SKIN, the goat-skin in which the Bedouin
still keep water, milk etc.; cf. Joshua 9:4 (used for wine). From
Judges 5:25 we gather that Jael poured the milk into a bowl. Her...
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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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_AND HE SAID UNTO HER, GIVE ME, I PRAY THEE, A LITTLE WATER TO DRINK;
FOR I AM THIRSTY. AND SHE OPENED A BOTTLE OF MILK, AND GAVE HIM DRINK,
AND COVERED HIM._
She opened a bottle of milk, and gave hi...
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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 th...
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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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GIVE ME, I PRAY THEE, A LITTLE WATER. — The request was natural
enough; but, as he had not made it at first, we may suspect that he
wanted to taste food in the tent, as a way of rendering still more
s...
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וַ יֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלֶ֛יהָ הַשְׁקִינִי
־נָ֥א מְעַט ־מַ֖יִם כִּ֣י צָמֵ֑אתִי
וַ תִּפְתַּ֞ח אֶת ־נֹ֧אוד הֶ...
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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 despond...
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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 we...
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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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_Milk, out of a shew of greater civility. The Rabbins say the milk was
sour, which is conformable to the manners of the oriental nations.
Valle remarks, that the Arabs still give the preference to it....
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Perhaps Jael was on the lookout, to show mercy to any poor Israelite
which might have fled, from the battle. And if so, what must have been
her surprise when she found Sisera at her door? Her hospital...
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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 HE SAID UNTO HER, GIVE ME, I PRAY THEE, A LITTLE WATER TO DRINK,
FOR I AM THIRSTY,.... Which might be occasioned by the heat of the
battle, and by the heat of the day, and by heat in running; he a...
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And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink;
for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,
and covered him.
Ver. 19. _And she opened a bottle of milk....
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_Jael said unto him, Turn in, my lord_ If Jael now intended to betray
and deliver him to Barak, or otherwise to injure him, her addressing
him in this manner was dissimulation and treachery, and is no...
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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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Sisera's Death...
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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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GAVE HIM MILK TO DRINK; either because she had not water in her tent,
and pretended fear of discovery or some inconvenience if she went out
to fetch it; or as a signification of greater respect; or as...
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Judges 4:19 said H559 (H8799) little H4592 water H4325 drink H8248
(H8685) thirsty H6770 (H8804) opened H6605 (H8799) jug H4997 milk
H2461 drink H8248 (H8686) covered H3680 (H8762)
Give me - Judges 5...
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Judges 4:19 A
‘And he said to her, “Give me, I pray you, a little water to
drink, for I am parched.”
It should be noted that up to this stage she had not offered
hospitality. Perhaps he should have...
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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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_Jael went out to meet Sisera._
LIFE’S CRISES
Emphatically are we reminded that life continually brings us to sudden
moments in which we must act without time for careful reflection, the
spirit of ou...
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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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var image...
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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
k...
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1 Kings 17:10; Genesis 24:43; Isaiah 41:17; John 4:7; Judges 5:25;
Judges 5:26...
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A bottle of milk — As a signification of greater respect. Covered
him — Upon pretence of hiding him....