Judges 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. ”

Judges 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparation for War. D's framework is found in Judges 4:1-4 and Judges 4:23 f. Judges 4-5. Deborah and Barak Deliver Israel. The record of this deliverance appears first in a prose and t...
Judges 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
Judges 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. They showed Sisera - namely, the Kenites; because it seems that they were the parties who communicated intelli...
Judges 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah and Barak This 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,...
Judges 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shewed Sisera. — The previous verse has been introduced by way of anticipation, that the reader — who has last heard of the Kenites in the south of Judah ( Judges 1:16 ) — may not be surprised...
Judges 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SIBYL OF MOUNT EPHRAIM Judges 4:1-24 THERE arises now in Israel a prophetess, one of those rare women whose souls burn with enthusiasm and holy purpose when the hearts of men are abject and...
Judges 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With almost wearisome monotony the story of declension, discipline, and deliverance goes forward. After the eighty years of rest, the children of Israel sinned again, and were delivered into the hand...
Judges 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deborah had promised Barak that the Lord would incline Sisera to the battle. And hence the sign of victory is instantly held out.
Judges 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they showed Sisera ,.... Either some of the Canaanites that dwelt near Tabor, or some spies that Sisera had out; though some think the Kenites told him, who were at peace with Jabin, Judges 4:1...
Judges 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. Ver. 12. And they showed Sisera. ] It was brought unto him either by public rumour, “ Sine vano publica fama, ”...
Judges 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now Heber the Kenite The husband of Jael. Had severed himself from the Kenites From the rest of his brethren, who lived in the wilderness of Judah. What the reason was of his leaving them, is not...
Judges 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-24) Ehud evidently judged Israel during 80 years of peace, but after his death Israel again turned from the Lord's ways, doing evil in His sight. It is not said what e...
Judges 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Defeat of Sisera. B. C. 1258. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and...
Judges 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They, i.e. his people dwelling there, or his spies; or, he was told , this being an impersonal speech.
Judges 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.' “They” is general. There were many Canaanites who would not look happily on an Israelite rebellion. It would suit...
Judges 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

VICTORY—THE LORD GOING BEFORE.— Judges 4:12-24 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 4:12 . And they showed Sisera, etc.] Sisera was the generalissimo of the King of Hazor; to him, therefore, the report wa...
Judges 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:1 . When Ehud was dead. This period includes eighty years from the death of Othniel, and was fraught with important events. Chushan's eight years of affliction, and Eglon's eighteen of pr...
Judges 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 4:2 Sold them . See Judges 2:14 , note. Jabin king of Hazor . The exact site of Hazor has not been identified with certainty, but it is conjectured by Robinson, with...
Judges 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Sisera
Judges 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 46:18 ; Joshua 19:12 ; Joshua 19:34 ; Judges 4:6 ; Psalms 89:12
Judges 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — That is, this people dwelling there, or his spies.

Judges 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes