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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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_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 THEY SHEWED SISERA THAT BARAK THE SON OF ABINOAM WAS GONE UP TO
MOUNT TABOR._
They showed Sisera - namely, the Kenites; because it seems that they
were the parties who communicated intelligence...
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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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THEY SHEWED SISERA. — The previous verse has been introduced by way
of anticipation, that the reader — who has last heard of the Kenites
in the south of Judah (Judges 1:16) — may not be surprised at J...
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וַ יַּגִּ֖דוּ לְ סִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י
עָלָ֛ה בָּר
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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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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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Deborah had promised Barak that the Lord would incline Sisera to the
battle. And hence the sign of victory is instantly held out....
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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 THEY SHOWED SISERA,.... Either some of the Canaanites that dwelt
near Tabor, or some spies that Sisera had out; though some think the
Kenites told him, who were at peace with Jabin, Judges 4:17; y...
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_Now Heber the Kenite_ The husband of Jael. _Had severed himself from
the Kenites_ From the rest of his brethren, who lived in the
wilderness of Judah. What the reason was of his leaving them, is not...
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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 they showed Sisera, some one brought him the tidings, THAT BARAK,
THE SON OF ABINOAM, WAS GONE UP TO MOUNT TABOR, that the Israelites
were preparing to throw off the yoke of Jabin....
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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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THEY, i.e. his people dwelling there, or his spies; or, _he was told_,
this being an impersonal speech....
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Judges 4:12 reported H5046 (H8686) Sisera H5516 Barak H1301 son H1121
Abinoam H42 up H5927 (H8804) Mount...
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‘And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to
Mount Tabor.'
“THEY” is general. There were many Canaanites who would not look
happily on an Israelite rebellion. It would suit them...
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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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_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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Jeremiah 46:18; Joshua 19:12; Joshua 19:34; Judges 4:6; Psalms 89:12...
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They — That is, this people dwelling there, or his spies....