JABIN’S OPPRESSION, AND THE DELIVERANCE BY DEBORAH AND BARAK, Judges 4:1-24. The historical narrative contained in this chapter, and the triumphal song that follows, inform us of the most fearful oppression and the most remarkable triumph of the age of the Judges. read more
22. Behold, Sisera lay dead As Barak gazed on the bloody sight, and saw that Sisera had perished by a woman’s hand, he realized the fulfilment of Deborah’s words, (Judges 4:9,) “The journey shall not be for thine honour, for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” read more
24. Prospered… prevailed… destroyed Compare marginal reading. “The meaning is, that Barak’s great victory was the beginning of a successful resistance to Jabin, by which the Israelites recovered their independence, and finally broke the Canaanite power. Accordingly we hear no more of Canaanite dominion in the Book of Judges.” Hervey. The morality of Jael’s deed has been, of course, the subject of many a dissertation. The enemies of the Bible would fain use it to throw reproach on the... read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 4:24
prospered: etc. Heb. going, went and was hard against, 1 Samuel 3:12 Reciprocal: Judges 3:3 - Canaanites Psalms 74:12 - working read more