Shìshījì 4:5

5 Tā zhù zaì Yǐfǎlián shān dì Lāmǎ hé Bótèlì zhōngjiān , zaì Dǐbōlā de zōng shù xià . Yǐsèliè rén dōu shàng Tānàli qù tīng pànduàn .

Shìshījì 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:5

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 people came to her with their cases, and it was called from hence after her name; though some, as Abarbinel observes, think it was so called, because Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, was buried here, and which was near Bethel, one of the places next mentioned, see ( Genesis 35:8 ) ,

between Ramah and Bethel in Mount Ephraim;
which places were in the tribe of Benjamin in the borders of Ephraim, see ( Joshua 16:2 ) ( Joshua 18:22 Joshua 18:25 ) . The Jews conclude, from the situation of her, that she was a very opulent woman; the Targum is,

``she was dwelling in a city in Ataroth, Deborah was supported of her own; she had palm trees in Jericho, orchards in Ramah, olives producing oil in the valley, a place of watering in Bethel, and white dust in the kings mountain:''

and the children of Israel came up to her;
from all parts of the land to the mount of Ephraim:

for judgment:
to have her advice and counsel in matters of difficulty, and to have causes between contending parties heard and decided by her, so that she might be truly reckoned among the judges.

Shìshījì 4:5 In-Context

3 Yé bīn wáng yǒu tiĕ chē jiǔ bǎi liàng . tā dàdà qīyē Yǐsèliè rén èr shí nián , Yǐsèliè rén jiù hū qiú Yēhéhuá .

4 Yǒu yī wèi nǚ xiānzhī míng jiào Dǐbōlā , shì Lābǐ duō de qī , dāngshí zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī .

5 Tā zhù zaì Yǐfǎlián shān dì Lāmǎ hé Bótèlì zhōngjiān , zaì Dǐbōlā de zōng shù xià . Yǐsèliè rén dōu shàng Tānàli qù tīng pànduàn .

6 Tā dǎfa rén cóng Náfútālì de Jīdīsī jiāng yà bǐ nuó ān de érzi Bālā zhào le lái , duì tā shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén fēnfu nǐ shuō , nǐ shuaìlǐng yī wàn Náfútālì hé Xībùlún rén shàng tā pō shān qù .

7 Wǒ bì shǐ yé bīn de jiāng jūn Xīxīlā shuaìlǐng tāde chēliàng hé quán jūn wǎng jī shùn hé , dào nǐ nàli qù . wǒ bìjiāng tā jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu zhōng .