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Judges 5:20 KJV
Judges · chapter 5 · verse 20
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.Judges 5:20 · King James Version
Judges 5:20 in context
18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- coursesmᵉçillâha thoroughfare , literally or figurativelyH4546 →
- foughtlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- starskôwkâba starH3556 →
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Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and the honour of Israel, for the encouragement of their friends and the greater confusion of their enemies, Jdg 5:12. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-23