And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, [even] nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that [were] with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Ver. 13. Unto the river of Kishon.] "That ancient river," Jdg 5:21 famous afterwards for the slaughter of the Baalites there. 1Ki 18:40
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...
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...
GATHERED: i.e. by proclamation. Compare Judges 4:10....
_Harosheth of the Gentiles_ See on Judges 4:2; _of the Gentiles_(_goyim_) perhaps on account of the non-Jewish population in the district, cf. _Gělîl hag-goyim_, -the Circle" or -District of the Genti...
_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...
_AND SISERA GATHERED TOGETHER ALL HIS CHARIOTS, EVEN NINE HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF IRON, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, FROM HAROSHETH OF THE GENTILES UNTO THE RIVER OF KISHON._ Sisera gathered to...
KISHON] This river rises in the high ground to the SE. of the plain, and flows right through it in a northwesterly direction. From Tabor on the NE. the Israelites would dash down and drive the Canaani...
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...
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...
ALL HIS CHARIOTS. — He saw at once that this very sudden revolt had assumed formidable proportions, and he would need all his forces to dislodge Barak from his strongly entrenched position on Tabor....
וַ יַּזְעֵ֨ק סִֽיסְרָ֜א אֶת ־כָּל ־רִכְבֹּ֗ו...
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...
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...
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...
Cison. Part of this torrent falls into the Mediterranean, and part into the sea of Tiberias. It rises from Mount Thabor, (which is about two hour's walk, south-west of Nazareth) and from Gelboa, &c. ...
Deborah had promised Barak that the Lord would incline Sisera to the battle. And hence the sign of victory is instantly held out....
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...
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-...
AND SISERA GATHERED TOGETHER ALL HIS CHARIOTS,.... Or "therefore" he gathered them together, which might lie some in one place, and some in another, for the better quartering of the men that belonged...
[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...
THE DEFEAT OF SISERA...
And Sisera gathered together, assembled by sending out criers, ALL HIS CHARIOTS, EVEN NINE HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF IRON, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, FROM HAROSHETH OF THE GENTILES UNTO THE RIVE...
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...
GATHERED TOGETHER: _ Heb._ gathered by cry or proclamation...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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‘ And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him from Harosheth of the Nations, to the river Kishon.' Sisera was taking no chan...
GATHERED gathered by cry, or, proclamation....
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...
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...
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....
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 4:13 900 CHARIOTS OF IRON. Chariots were swift and easily maneuverable, the ancient equivalent of tanks. However, the chariots got mired in the RIVER KISHON (see...
_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,...
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...
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...
Judges 4:2; Judges 4:3; Judges 4:7...