Scofield's Bible Commentary
Judges 4:2
sold them
See (1 Samuel 12:9); (Psalms 83:9). It seems to concern only north Israel.
sold them
See (1 Samuel 12:9); (Psalms 83:9). It seems to concern only north Israel.
Verse Judges 4:2. _JABIN KING OF CANAAN_] Probably a descendant of the Jabin mentioned Joshua 11:1, c., who had gathered together the wrecks of the army of that Jabin defeated by Joshua. _Calmet_ sup...
See Joshua 11:1 note. Since the events there narrated, Hazor must have been rebuilt, and have resumed its position as the metropolis of the northern Canaanites; the other cities must also have resumed...
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...
JABIN. Another king. Compare Joshua 11:1. WHICH. and he....
_Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor_ Hazor, already a royal city in the 15 cent. b.c. (Amarna Tablets 154, 41), lay in the neighbourhood of Kedesh-naphtali (Joshua 19:36 f., 2 Kings 15:20) an...
JABIN, KING OF CANAAN— _Canaan_ here means the Canaanites properly so called. Jabin was, doubtless, a descendant of the Jabin spoken of Joshua 11:1; Judges 11:23 and _Jabin,_ probably, (like Pharaoh,)...
Deborah and Barak Delivered Israel Judges 4:1 to Judges 5:31 _The Rise of Deborah Judges 4:1-9_ And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the Lord...
_AND THE LORD SOLD THEM INTO THE HAND OF JABIN KING OF CANAAN, THAT REIGNED IN HAZOR; THE CAPTAIN OF WHOSE HOST WAS SISERA, WHICH DWELT IN HAROSHETH OF THE GENTILES._ Jabin king of Canaan - Jabin was...
JABIN] In Joshua 11:1; Jabin is defeated by Joshua at the waters of Merom, near the head of the Jordan valley, and Hazor is burned. In Judges 5 Jabin is not mentioned, and Sisera is apparently regarde...
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...
SOLD THEM. — See Judges 2:14. JABIN. — The name means, “he is wise.” It may have been a dynastic name, like Abimelech, Melchizedek, Pharaoh, Hadad, Agag, &c. KING OF CANAAN — _i.e.,_ of some great tr...
וַ יִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה בְּ יַד֙ יָבִ֣ין מֶֽל
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...
A WOMAN'S DELIVERANCE Judges 4:1 The scene changes to the northern part of Canaan. Deborah probably belonged to Issachar, Judges 5:15; but her seat of government was removed to the hill country of Ep...
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...
And the LORD sold them into the hand of (a) Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in (b) Harosheth of the Gentiles. (a) There was another Ja...
Asor. Josue defeated the king of this country, Josue xi. 8. But some of his successors had contrived to raise themselves again to power. His dominion probably extended only over the tribes of Nephthal...
I beg the Reader not to overlook the expression, "the Lord sold them." Yes! every event, as well afflictive as prosperous, is of the Lord's appointment. Painful as the Lord's corrections sometimes are...
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 THE LORD SOLD THEM,.... Delivered them into a state of bondage and slavery, where they were like men sold for slaves, see Judges 3:8; INTO THE HAND OF JABIN KING OF CANAAN, THAT REIGNED IN HAZOR;...
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. Ver. 2. _And the Lord sold them....
_Jabin_ This Jabin was probably descended from the other prince of that name, who fell by the hands of Joshua, Joshua 11:11. He doubtless had watched all opportunities to recover his ancient possessio...
[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...
And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, evidently a very important city-state; for its king had stood at the head of a strong league of northern tribes in...
THE PROPHETESS DEBORAH CALLS BARAK...
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...
KING OF CANAAN, i.e. of the land where the most of the Canaanites, strictly so called, now dwelt, which seems to be in thee northern part of Canaan. This seems to be of the posterity of that Jabin, wh...
Judges 4:2 LORD H3068 sold H4376 (H8799) hand H3027 Jabin H2985 king H4428 Canaan H3667 reigned H4427 ...
‘ And Yahweh sold them, into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Nations.' Hazor was an important city state in...
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...
_Israel again did evil _. .. _ the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin._ REAPPEARANCE OF VANQUISHED FOES Their ancient foe, whom they had conquered, rose gradually from his prostration. He rebuilt...
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....
_THE SAD HISTORY OF SIN CONTINUED.— Judges 4:1_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 4:1. AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AGAIN DID EVIL, etc.] They “_continued to do evil_.” After all the solemn and affecting dealing...
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...
1 Samuel 12:9; Isaiah 50:1; Joshua 11:1; Joshua 11:10; Joshua 11:11;...
Of Canaan — That is, of the land where most of the Canaanites, strictly so called, now dwelt, which seems to be in the northern part of Canaan. This seems to be of the posterity of that Jabin, whom Jo...