Cried unto the Lord. — Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Psalms 107:13.
Nine hundred. — Josephus magnifies the number to 3,000.
Chariots of iron. — Judges 1:19; Joshua 17:10. We may notice that as the children of Israel burnt these chariots at Misrephoth-maim (Joshua 11), they could not have been of solid iron throughout.
Mightily oppressed. — The word “mightily” is rendered “sharply” in Judges 8:1; “by force” in 1 Samuel 2:16.