1 Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera
17 Jael kills Sisera

AM 2699. BC 1305 An.Ex.Is.186. did evil Jud 2:11,19,20 3:7,12 6:1 10:6 Le 26:23-25 Ne 9:23-30 Ps 106:43-45 Jer 5:3

2 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.

sold Jud 2:14,15 10:7 Isa 50:1 Mt 18:25

It seems to concern only north Israel. Hazor Jos 11:1,10,11 19:36

Sisera 1Sa 12:9 Ps 83:9

Harosheth Jud 4:13,16

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

cried Jud 3:9,15 10:16 1Sa 7:8 Ps 50:15 78:34 Jer 2:27,28

Chariots Jud 1:19 Jos 17:16

mightily Jud 5:8 De 28:29,33,47,48 Ps 106:42

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

AM 2719 BC 1285 An.Ex.Is.206. Ex 15:20 2Ki 22:14 Ne 6:14 Joe 2:28,29 Mic 6:4 Lu 2:36 Ac 21:9 1Co 11:5 Ga 3:28

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

the palm Ge 35:8

between Jos 16:2 18:22,25 1Sa 1:1,19 6:16,17 25:1 Jer 31:15

came up Ex 18:13,16,19,26 De 17:8-12 2Sa 15:2-6

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 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?

Barak Jud 5:1 Heb 11:32

Kedesh-naphtali Jos 19:32,37 21:32

Hath Jos 1:9 Ps 7:6 Isa 13:2-5 Ac 13:47

Tabor Jud 8:18 1Sa 10:3 Ps 89:12 Jer 46:18 Ho 5:1

ten thousand Jud 4:10 5:14-18

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

and I Ex 14:4 Jos 11:20 Eze 38:10-16 Joe 3:11-14

Kishon Jud 5:21 1Ki 18:40 Ps 83:9,10

deliver Jud 4:14 Ex 21:13 Jos 8:7 10:8 11:6 1Sa 24:10,18

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

Ex 4:19-14 Mt 14:30,31

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

notwithstanding 1Sa 2:30 2Ch 26:18

sell Sisera Jud 2:14

into Jud 4:17-22 5:24-27 9:54 2Sa 20:21,22

10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Zebulun Jud 4:6 5:18

at his J Jud 5:15 Ex 11:8 1Sa 25:27 1Ki 20:11

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 unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

Heber Jud 1:16 Nu 10:29 24:21

Hobab Ex 2:18 3:1 18:1

Zaanaim Jos 19:33,37

Kedesh Jud 4:6 Jos 19:37

12 And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

mount Tabor Jud 4:6 Jos 19:12,34 Ps 89:12 Jer 46:18

13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

gathered. Heb. gathered by cry, or proclamation. nine Jud 4:2,3,7

chariots of iron. Probably chariots armed with iron scythes, projecting from the axle on each side, by which the infantry might be easily cut down or thrown into confusion. The ancient Britons are said to have had such chariots.

14 And Deborah said unto Barak, 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.

up Jud 19:28 Ge 19:14 44:4 Jos 7:13 1Sa 9:26

for this. This is exactly the purpose for which the Septuagint states, ver. 8, that Barak wished Deborah to accompany him; 'Because I know not the day in which God will send his angel to give me prosperity.' is not. De 9:3 2Sa 5:24 Ps 68:7,8 Isa 52:12 Mic 2:13

mount. Mount Tabor, called by the Arabs Djebel Tour, is almost entirely insulated, and rises up in the plain of Esdraelon, about six miles from Nazareth, in a conical form, somewhat like a sugar-loaf. Josephus states its height to be thirty stadia, with a plain of 26 stadia in circumference on its top, on which was formerly a city, which was used as a military post. It is described as an exceedingly beautiful mountain, having a rich soil, producing excellent herbage, and adorned with groves and clumps of trees.

15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

Jud 5:20,21 Jos 10:10 2Ki 7:6 2Ch 13:15-17 Ps 83:9,10 Heb 11:32

16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

pursued Le 26:7,8 Jos 10:19,20 11:8 Ps 104:35 Ro 2:12 Jas 2:13

there Isa 43:17

a man left. Heb. unto one

17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

fled Job 12:19-21 18:7-12 40:11,12 Ps 37:35,36 107:40 Pr 29:23 Am 5:19,20

Jael Jud 5:6,24

peace Ps 69:22 Isa 57:21

18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

Jael 2Ki 6:19

mantle or rug or blanket

19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

give me Jud 5:26,26 Ge 24:43 1Ki 17:10 Isa 41:17 Joh 4:7

20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

is there Jos 2:3-5 2Sa 17:20

21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a 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.

took Jud 3:21,31 5:26 15:15 1Sa 17:43,49,50 1Co 1:19,27

a nail. One of the spikes of the tent. Ex 35:18

and took. Heb. and put. smote Ps 3:7

he died Jud 5:27

22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

and I will 2Sa 17:3,10-15

23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

1Ch 22:18 Ne 9:24 Ps 18:39,47 47:3 81:14 1Co 15:28 Heb 11:33

24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

prospered. Heb. going, went and was hard against 1Sa 3:12