Judges 4:4-6

4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading^[a] Israel at that time.

5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor.

Judges 4:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 4

This chapter shows how that Israel sinning was delivered into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, by whom they were oppressed twenty years, Jud 4:1-3; and that Deborah and Barak consulted together about their deliverance, Jud 4:4-9; and that Barak, encouraged by Deborah, gathered some forces and fought Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, whom he met, and obtained a victory over, Jud 4:10-15; who fleeing on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, was received into it, and slain by her while asleep in it, Jud 4:16-22; which issued in a complete deliverance of the children of Israel, Jud 4:23,24.

Cross References

• 1. Jdg 5:1,7,12,15
• 2. S Exodus 15:20
• 3. 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 22:6
• 4. S Joshua 18:25
• 5. S Joshua 12:9; Genesis 35:8
• 6. Jdg 5:1,12,15; 1 Samuel 12:11; Hebrews 11:32
• 7. S Joshua 12:22
• 8. S Genesis 30:8
• 9. Judges 5:18; Judges 6:35
• 10. S Joshua 19:22

Footnotes

• [a] Traditionally "judging"