Judges 5:17

Joshua 13:25; Joshua 13:31; Joshua 19:24-31

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land of Gilead, on the east of Jordan, was divided between Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, who are both comprehended here. Joppa was in the...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(n) Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his (o) breaches. (n) She reproves a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Glory and Shame. Deborah and Barak are apostrophised. She is called to awake and utter a battle-song, such as will arouse a slumbering people like...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

breaches . creeks or bays.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. Gilead abode beyond Jordan...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the princes of Issachar— Mr. Green, transposing the concluding word of the last verse , seper, to the beginning of this, reads, The princes o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. Gilead abode beyond...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gilead ] i.e. 'the people Uving in Gilead.' Reuben and Manasseh have been already mentioned; hence, Gad. Dan ] would seem to have already migrated...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gilead abode beyond Jordan. — Gilead was the son of Machir, and grandson of Manasseh. The name is here probably meant to include Gad, as well as th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a ch...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Stars in Their Courses Judges 5:12-23 This noble psalm contains memorable sentences. The “captivity” phrase in Judges 5:12 is quoted in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a rem...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader, after reading all these verses as they stand in their proper places, will attend to the several things contained in them, he wilt find...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gilead abode beyond Jordan ,.... A country which lay on the other side Jordan, and was given by Moses, half of it to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. Ver. 17. Gilead abode be...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Gilead abode , &c. Or, why did Gilead abide? Gilead was divided between the children of Machir and the tribe of Gad, Joshua 13:24-31 . The chil...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made hi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gilead is sometimes taken more largely, for all the land of the Israelites beyond Jordan, as Numbers 32:1,26,29 . So it is not here taken, becau...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Call To Action and the Response ( Judges 5:12-15 ). Judges 5:12 “Awake, awake, Deborah. Awake, awake, utter a song. Arise Barak, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5.— Judges 5:12-23 THE THANKSGIVING SONG.— Continued CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:12 . Awake, awake, Deborah, etc.] Having adverted i...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his pra...
The Biblical Illustrator

Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive. Magnificat I. First, then, a stirring up, of a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory and Power of Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gilead abode beyond Jordan, both the tribes of Reuben and Gad seemed to consider their living east of Jordan sufficient excuse for not joining their...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gilead — Sometimes taken strictly for that part of the land beyond Jordan which fell to the half — tribe of Manasseh, and sometimes both for that p...

¹⁷ Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore,f and abode in his breaches.

Related Commentaries of Judges 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 5:17