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Judges 4:5 KJV
Judges · chapter 4 · verse 5
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.Judges 4:5 · King James Version
Judges 4:5 in context
3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- DeborahDᵉbôwrâhDeborah, the name of two HebrewessesH1683 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- BethelBêyth-ʼÊlBeth-El, a place in PalestineH1008 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
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The year of the redeemed at length came, when Israel was to be delivered out of the hands of Jabin, and restored again to their liberty, which we may suppose the northern tribes, that lay nearest to the oppressors and felt most the effects of his fury, did in a particular manner cry to God for.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-9