Psalms 83:10

10 Sisera and Jabin died near the town of Endor. Their bodies were left to rot on the ground.

Psalms 83:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:10

Which perished at Endor
Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand this of the Midianites; but rather it is to be understood of Jabin and Sisera, and the army under them, who perished at this place, which is mentioned along with Taanach and Megiddo, ( Joshua 17:11 ) , which are the very places where the battle was fought between Jabin and Israel, ( Judges 5:19 ) according to Jerom F9, it was four miles from Mount Tabor to the south, and was a large village in his days, and was near to Nain, the place where Christ raised the widow's son from the dead, ( Luke 7:11 ) ( 1 Samuel 28:7 )

they became as dung for the earth;
being unburied, they lay and rotted on the earth, and became dung for it; see ( Jeremiah 8:2 ) , or were trodden under foot, as dung upon the earth; so the Targum,

``they became as dung trodden to the earth.''


FOOTNOTES:

F9 De locis Hebraicis, fol. 88. L. and 91. E.

Psalms 83:10 In-Context

8 Even Assyria has joined them to give strength to the people of Moab and Ammon. "Selah"
9 Do to them what you did to the people of Midian. Do to them what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10 Sisera and Jabin died near the town of Endor. Their bodies were left to rot on the ground.
11 Do to the nobles of your enemies what you did to Oreb and Zeeb. Do to all of their princes what you did to Zebah and Zalmunna.
12 They said, "Let's take over the grasslands that belong to God."
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