Judges 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Judges 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

She dwelt - Rather, “she sat,” namely, to judge the people Judges 4:10 , but not in the usual place, “the gate” Ruth 4:1-2 ; Proverbs 22:22 . It suited her character, and the wild unsafe times...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dwelt . sat [as judge]: near where her namesake, Rebekah's nurse, died. Genesis 35:8 .
Judges 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 tree of Deborah - It is common for the Hindoos...
Judges 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deborah, a prophetess, &c.— Like Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, Deborah was enriched with the gifts of heaven, necessary to instruct, to direct, and to govern: besides which, God excite...
Judges 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. She dwelt under the palm tree - or, collectivel...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

She dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah. — Similarly Abraham is said to have lived under the oak of Mamre ( Genesis 14:13 ), and Saul under the pomegranate of Migron ( 1 Samuel 14:2 ). “Such tents...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Woman's Deliverance Judges 4:1-11 The scene changes to the northern part of Canaan. Deborah probably belonged to Issachar, Judges 5:15 ; but her seat of government was removed to the hill co...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost hath thought proper to render this woman's name illustrious in the Church. Some have thought that, as Lapidoth is not a very common name for a man, and rather means light, and illumina...
Judges 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah ,.... Her dwelling house was under a palm tree, or rather she sat under one, in the open air, when the people came to her with their cases, and it was ca...
Judges 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah...
Judges 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And she dwelt Or, as the Septuagint and Vulgate understand it, she sat: she had her judgment-seat in the open air, under the shadow of that tree, which was an emblem of the justice she administer...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Project of Deborah and Barak. B. C. 1258. 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of...
Judges 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To have their suits and causes determined by her sentence.
Judges 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And she stationed herself under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.' When local justice fai...
Judges 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SAD HISTORY OF SIN CONTINUED.— Judges 4:1-11 CRITICAL NOTES. — Judges 4:1 . And the children of Israel again did evil, etc.] They “ continued to do evil .” After all the solemn and affecti...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deborah, a prophetess . .. Judged Israel. Deborah: woman’s attribute 1. Amongst the women of the Bible Deborah stands out in great prominence, though we know but little of her character. She...
Judges 4:5 - 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 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophetess Deborah Calls Barak
Judges 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:1 ; 1 Samuel 1:19 ; 1 Samuel 25:1 ; 1 Samuel 6:16 ; 1 Samuel 6:17 ; 2 Samuel 15:2-6 ; Deuteronomy 17:8-12 ; Exodus 18:13 ; Exodus 18:16 ; Exodus 18:19 ; Exodus 18:26 ; Genesis...
Judges 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And she dwelt — Or, she sat: she had her judgment — seat in the open air, under the shadow of that tree; which was an emblem of the justice she administered there: thriving and growing against oppo...

Judges 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes