John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord ,.... Because of their hard bondage, and begged deliverance from it, being brought to a sense of their sins, and humbled for them: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; the same with the αρματα το δρεπανηφορα , chariots which carried scythes at the side of them, fastened to the orbs of the wheels F24 Vid. Suidam in voce δρεπανηφορα . , and were on both sides; and in some stood out ten cubits F25 Curtius, l. 4. c.... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 4:1-3
Here is, I. Israel backsliding from God: They again did evil in his sight, forsook his service, and worshipped idols; for this was the sin which now most easily beset them, Jdg. 4:1. See in this, 1. The strange strength of corruption, which hurries men into sin notwithstanding the most frequent experience of its fatal consequences. The bent to backslide is with great difficulty restrained. 2. The common ill effects of a long peace. The land had rest eighty years, which should have confirmed... read more