Judges 4:5

dwelt. sat [as judge]: near where her namesake, Rebekah's nurse, died. Genesis 35:8.

Related Commentaries of 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 ....
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...
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 p...
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, t...
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....
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mount Ephraim ] see on Judges 3:27 . Deborah's own tribe would seem to have been Issachar ( Judges 5:15 ). Dwelt] RV 'sat,' as judge, to decide c...
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 po...
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...
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...
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 Isr...
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 na...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Project of Deborah and Barak. B. C. 1258....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To have their suits and causes determined by her sentence.
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...
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 “ contin...
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 eig...
The Biblical Illustrator

Deborah, a prophetess . .. Judged Israel. Deborah: woman’s attribute 1. Amongst the women of the Bible Deborah stands out in great prominenc...
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 c...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophetess Deborah Calls Barak
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, which received its name from that fact, between Ramah and Bethel, in the territory of Benjamin, in M...
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...
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 adm...

⁵ 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.

Related Commentaries of Judges 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 4:5