Chapter 4:
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Judges 4
4:2
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 Jabin, whom Joshua killed
and burnt his city Hazor, (
Joshua
11:13).
(
b) That is in a wood, or strong place,
4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess,
the wife of Lapidoth, she
c judged
Israel at that time.
(
c) By the spirit of prophesy resolving
controversies and declaring the will of God.
4:6 And she sent and called
Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the
LORD God of Israel
d commanded,
[saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of
the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
(
d) And revealed to me by the spirit of prophecy.
4:8 And Barak said unto her,
e
If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then]
I will not go.
(
e) Fearing his own weakness and his enemies
power, he desires the prophetess to go with him to assure him of God's will
from time to time.
4:11 Now
Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of
Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
f
unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.
(
f) Meaning, that he possessed a great part of
that country.
4:14
And Deborah said unto Barak,
g Up; for
this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is
not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten
thousand men after him.
(
g) She still encourages him to this enterprise
by assuring him of God's favour and aid.
4:17
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
h
Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the
house of Heber the Kenite.
(
h) Whose ancestors were strangers, but
worshipped the true God, and therefore were joined with Israel.
4:20
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any
man doth come and enquire of thee, and say,
i
Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
(
i) That is, Sisera.
4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a
k
nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and
smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was
fast asleep and weary. So he died.
(
k) That is, the pin or stake, by which it was
fastened to the ground.
4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael
came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom
thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay
l
dead, and the nail [was] in his temples.
(
l) So he saw that a woman had the honour, as
Deborah prophesied.
Chapter 4:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
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Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
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John
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1 Corinthians
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1 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
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1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
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