Shìshījì 4:17

17 Zhǐyǒu Xīxīlā bùxíng taópǎo , dào le Jīnírén xī bǎi zhī qī yǎ yì de zhàngpéng , yīnwei Xiàsuǒ wáng Yébīn yǔ Jīnírén xī bǎi jiā héhǎo .

Shìshījì 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:17

Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet
Got off, and made his escape

to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite;
before spoken of, ( Judges 4:11 ) ; and he made to that, because he might think himself safer in a tent than in a town; and especially in the tent of a woman, where he might imagine no search would be made; for women of note, in those times, had separate tents, see ( Genesis 24:67 ) ; and the rather he made his escape hither for a reason that follows:

for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of
Heber the Kenite;
which Jabin might the more readily come into, because these were not Israelites, nor did they make any claim to the country, and lived only in tents, and attended their flocks, and were a quiet people, and not at all disposed to war; and it might be so ordered by the providence of God, as a rebuke to the Israelites for their sins, when those who were only proselytes kept close to the worship of God, and so enjoyed liberty, peace, and prosperity.

Shìshījì 4:17 In-Context

15 Yēhéhuá shǐ Xīxīlā hé tā yīqiè chēliàng quán jūn huì luàn , zaì Bālā miànqián beì dāo shā baì . Xīxīlā xià chē bùxíng taópǎo .

16 Bālā zhuīgǎn chēliàng , jūnduì , zhídào waìbāngrén de xià luó shè . Xīxīlā de quán jūn dōu dǎo zaì dāo xià , méiyǒu liú xià yī rén .

17 Zhǐyǒu Xīxīlā bùxíng taópǎo , dào le Jīnírén xī bǎi zhī qī yǎ yì de zhàngpéng , yīnwei Xiàsuǒ wáng Yébīn yǔ Jīnírén xī bǎi jiā héhǎo .

18 Yǎ yì chūlai yíngjiē Xīxīlā , duì tā shuō , qǐng wǒ zhǔ jìnlái , búyào jùpà . Xīxīlā jiù jìn le tāde zhàngpéng . yǎ yì yòng beì jiāng tā zhēgaì .

19 Xī Xīlā duì yǎ yì shuō , wǒ kĕ le , qiú nǐ gĕi wǒ yídiǎn shuǐ hē . yǎ yì jiù dǎkāi pídaì , gĕi tā nǎi zǐ hē , réngjiù bǎ tā zhēgaì .