Judges 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Judges 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lighted down off his chariot - Probably his chariot stuck in the morass (see the note at Judges 4:7 ); or he might leave his chariot in order to mislead his pursuers, and in hope of gaining a pl...
Judges 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Battle of the Kishon and the Death of Sisera. The Galilean highlanders rushed like a torrent down the slope of Mt. Tabor, and swept the enemy before them. When Sisera left his chariot and fled...
Judges 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD discomfited . Jehovah discomfited. Compare Psalms 83:9 . The word implies supernatural phenomena. Compare Judges 5:20-22 . Exodus 14:24 . Jos 10:10. 2 Samuel 22:15 . Psalms 18:15 .
Judges 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The Lor...
Judges 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Lord discomfited Sisera— Though the expression in the text may be well understood according to the Scripture idiom, without any miraculous interposition; yet it is generally supposed, from...
Judges 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The L...
Judges 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Discomfited. — The same word as in Exodus 14:24 ; Joshua 10:10 . The LXX. exestçse, and the Vulg. perterruit, imply the element of immediate Divine aid in the battle. Sisera, and all his ch...
Judges 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Woman Executioner Judges 4:14-24 “The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his host.” When General Gordon rode off alone on his camel to break up the camps of the Arab slave-drivers, he realized,...
Judges 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Such, Reader, will be, and such even now is, the sure event of the wars of God's people, who fight under the banner of Jesus. There shall not a man be able to stand before thee all thy days. So run t...
Judges 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord discomfited Sisera and all [his] chariots, and all [his] host ,.... Frightened them, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, or disturbed them with a noise and tumult, as the word...
Judges 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver....
Judges 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Defeat of Sisera. B. C. 1258. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and...
Judges 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord discomfited Sisera, with great terror and noise, as the word signifies, Exodus 14:24 Joshua 10:10 1Sa 10 , most probably with thunder, and lightning, and hailstones, or other such ins...
Judges 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:15 a ‘And Yahweh discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak.' It was a total rout. Without iron accoutrements to hinder them, an...
Judges 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Sisera
Judges 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 13:15-17 ; 2 Kings 7:6 ; Hebrews 11:32 ; Joshua 10:10 ; Judges 5:20 ; Judges 5:21 ; Psalms 83:10 ; Psalms 83:9
Judges 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Discomfited — With great terror and noise, as the word signifies, probably with thunder and lightning, and hail — stones, poured upon them from heaven, as is implied, Judges 5:20 . Edge of the swo...

Judges 4:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes