Judges 4:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bottle . skin. milk. Rendered "butter" in Judges 5:25 . probably. buttermilk, much used in the East.
Judges 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. She opened a bottle of milk - She gave mor...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. She opened a bottle of milk, and g...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Give me, I pray thee, a little water. — The request was natural enough; but, as he had not made it at first, we may suspect that he wanted to taste food in the tent, as a way of rendering still mor...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - 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 4:19 - 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 4:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Perhaps Jael was on the lookout, to show mercy to any poor Israelite which might have fled, from the battle. And if so, what must have been her surprise when she found Sisera at her door? Her hospita...
Judges 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto her, give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty ,.... Which might be occasioned by the heat of the battle, and by the heat of the day, and by heat in running; h...
Judges 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 19. And she opened a bottle of mil...
Judges 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jael said unto him, Turn in, my lord If Jael now intended to betray and deliver him to Barak, or otherwise to injure him, her addressing him in this manner was dissimulation and treachery, and is n...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - 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 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gave him milk to drink; either because she had not water in her tent, and pretended fear of discovery or some inconvenience if she went out to fetch it; or as a signification of greater respect; or...
Judges 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:19 a ‘And he said to her, “Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink, for I am parched.” It should be noted that up to this stage she had not offered hospitality. Perhaps he should...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - 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 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jael went out to meet Sisera. Life’s crises Emphatically are we reminded that life continually brings us to sudden moments in which we must act without time for careful reflection, the spirit o...
Judges 4:19 - 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 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sisera's Death
Judges 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:10 ; Genesis 24:43 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; John 4:7 ; Judges 5:25 ; Judges 5:26
Judges 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A bottle of milk — As a signification of greater respect. Covered him — Upon pretence of hiding him.

Judges 4:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 4:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 4:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 4:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes