Judges 4:2-3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 4:2

Jabin. Another king. Compare Joshua 11:1-10 . which = and he. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 4:3

twenty years. A long time to wait for deliverance. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 4:2

Judges 4:2. 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; Jos 11:23 and Jabin, probably, (like Pharaoh,) was the common name of these kings. From the formidable number of his chariots, Jdg 4:3 we may conclude that he had little or no infantry; and as the Israelites were forbidden the use of chariots, their fears might have arisen more naturally from this circumstance. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 4:2

2, 3. Jabin king of Canaan—"Jabin," a royal title (see on :-). The second Jabin built a new capital on the ruins of the old (Joshua 11:10; Joshua 11:11). The northern Canaanites had recovered from the effect of their disastrous overthrow in the time of Joshua, and now triumphed in their turn over Israel. This was the severest oppression to which Israel had been subjected. But it fell heaviest on the tribes in the north, and it was not till after a grinding servitude of twenty years that they... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 4:1-3

As long as Ehud lived he kept Israel faithful to God (Judges 4:1). However after he died, God’s people again turned from the Lord. In discipline God allowed the Canaanites in the North to gain strength and dominate the Israelites for 20 years. Hazor, one of the largest cities in the Promised Land, again became the center of Canaanite power in this area (cf. Joshua 11:1; Joshua 11:10). [Note: See Piotr Bienkowski, "The Role of Hazor in the Late Bronze Age," Palestine Exploration Quarterly 119:1... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 4:1-24

1. The victory over Jabin and Sisera ch. 4 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 4:1-24

Deborah and BarakThis 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 prowess of the hardy mountaineers when united. The plain of Esdraelon (see Intro. § 5) is one of the famous battle-fields of history. It drives like a wedge from the coast within 10m. of the Jordan; but it is dominated by hills on all sides, and is almost closed by them at its western end. In... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 4:2

(2) 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 tribe or nation of the Canaanite8. In Joshua 11:1 Jabin is called king of Hazor, and sends messages to all the other Canaanite princes.Reigned in Hazor.—See Joshua 11:1. Hazor was in the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:36), and overlooked the waters of Merom (Jos., Antt. v. 5, § 1). We find from Egyptian... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Judges 4:3

(3) Cried unto the Lord.—Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Psalms 107:13.Nine hundred.—Josephus magnifies the number to 3,000.Chariots of iron.—Judges 1:19; Joshua 17:10. We may notice that as the children of Israel burnt these chariots at Misrephoth-maim (Joshua 11:0), they could not have been of solid iron throughout.Mightily oppressed.—The word “mightily” is rendered “sharply” in Judges 8:1; “by force” in 1 Samuel 2:16. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Judges 4:1-24

Judges 4:5 Where ambition hath possessed itself thoroughly of the soul, it turns the heart into steel, and makes it uncapable of a conscience. All sins will easily down with the man that is resolved to rise. Bishop Hall. Reference. IX. 8-15. A. Raleigh, From Dawn to the Perfect Day, p. 132. read more

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