Judges 4:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Judges 4:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sisera went, not to Heber’s tent, but to Joel’s, as more secure from pursuit. Women occupied a separate tent. Genesis 18:6 , Genesis 18:10 ; Genesis 24:67 .
Judges 4:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of (h) Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. (h) Whose ancestor...
Judges 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the tent of Jael. Note, not of Heber: the woman's tent, which itself brought Sisera under the death penalty. But there is nothing to apologize for here. The Author and Giver of life came on Jael as...
Judges 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Judges 4:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sisera fled—to the tent of Jael— The common Arabs so far observe the modes of the east, as to have a separate apartment in their tents for their wives, made by letting down a curtain, or a carpet,...
Judges 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Sisera fled ... t...
Judges 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael. — In a different direction from that taken by his army, which fled towards Harosheth (Kimchi). The expression is probably used by anticipation. He could h...
Judges 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The peace here spoken of only implies that Jabin did not tyrannize over Heber's house, as over Israel's. The relationship on account of Moses, between Heber and Israel, could not have made Jabin ' s...
Judges 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet ,.... Got off, and made his escape to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite ; before spoken of, Judges 4:11 ; and he made to that, because he might...
Judges 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 17. For there w...
Judges 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There was not a man left In the field; for there were some who fled away, as Sisera did. The tent of Jael For women had their tents apart from their husbands. And here he probably thought he woul...
Judges 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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. 18 And Jae...
Judges 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To the tent of Jael; for women had their tents apart from their husbands, Genesis 24:67 , Genesis 31:33 . And here he thought to lurk more securely than in her husband's tent. There was peace;...
Judges 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ However, 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.' Before going...
Judges 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Sisera
Judges 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:19 ; Amos 5:20 ; Isaiah 57:21 ; Job 12:19-21 ; Job 18:7-12 ; Job 40:11 ; Job 40:12 ; Judges 5:24 ; Judges 5:6 ; Proverbs 29:23 ; Psalms 107:40 ; Psalms 37:35 ; Psalms 37:36 ; Psa...
Judges 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The tent of Jael — For women had their tents apart from their husbands. And here he thought to lurk more securely than in her husband's tent. Peace — Not a covenant of friendship, which they were f...

Judges 4:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 4:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 4:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes