1 Samuel 7:10; Joshua 10:11; Judges 4:15; Psalms 77:17; Psalms 77:18
God fought on the side of Israel, and gave them the victory. Josephus relates that, just as the battle began, a violent tempest came on with a grea...
The Battle of Megiddo. The waters of Megiddo were tributaries of the Kishon. Taanach and Megiddo (p. 30) were both towns on the left bank of the ri...
fought. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6. Compare Joshua 10:11 .
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. They fought from heaven - The angels of God came to the assistance of Isra...
They fought from heaven— This would be rendered more properly, the stars fought from heaven: they fought from their orbits [their paths or cou...
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The stars in their courses fought - a fearful tempest burst upon t...
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...
They fought from heaven. — The “they” is impersonal — the powers above. (Comp. Luke 12:20 , Greek, and for the fact, Judges 4:22 .) The stars i...
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...
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...
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...
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...
They fought from heaven ,.... Either the angels of heaven, afterwards called stars; or the heavens, the elements, fought for Israel, and against Sis...
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Ver. 20. They fought from heaven. ] Where the Lord of hosts hath his M...
They fought from heaven The prophetess, having in the foregoing verse mentioned who were the allies and helpers of Jabin, does here, in a very magn...
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...
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...
Or, they from heaven , or the heavenly host fought , by thunder, and lightning, and hailstones, possibly mingled with fire. Compare Joshua 10:11...
Judges 5:20-21 a. “They fought from heaven, The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, That ancien...
CHAPTER 5.— Judges 5:12-23 THE THANKSGIVING SONG.— Continued CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:12 . Awake, awake, Deborah, etc.] Having adverted i...
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...
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive. Magnificat I. First, then, a stirring up, of a...
EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung...
The Defeat and Death of Sisera
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera, literally, "From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought a...
From heaven — Or, they from heaven, or the heavenly host fought, by thunder, and lightning, and hail — stones, possibly mingled with fire. The star...
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their coursesh fought against Sisera.