Judges 4:15-16 NASB,NASB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 4:10-16

Here, I. Barak beats up for volunteers, and soon has his quota of men ready, Jdg. 4:10. Deborah had appointed him to raise an army of 10,000 men (Jdg. 4:6), and so many he has presently at his feet, following him, and subject to his command. God is said to call us to his feet (Isa. 41:2), that is, into obedience to him. Some think it intimates that they were all footmen, and so the armies of the Jews generally were, which made the disproportion of strength between them and the enemy (who had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 4:15

And the Lord discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host ,.... Frightened them, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, or disturbed them with a noise and tumult, as the word signifies; with a noise in the heavens, which were in their ears, as Abarbinel observes, like the noise of a large army, as was the case of the Syrians, 2 Kings 7:6 ; and they saw, he says, horses and chariots of fire, and the like, which terrified them; and all this he supposes was done before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 4:16

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles ,.... The place from whence they came, and to which they endeavoured to escape: but he followed them, so close all that way, and made such havoc of them, that all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword, and there was not a man left ; no, not one, excepting Sisera, as in Judges 4:17 ; or "even to one" F12 עד אחד "usque ad unum", Montanus. , as in the original text; not one... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 4:15

The Lord discomfited Sisera - יהוה ויהם vayiahom Jehovah ; the Lord Confounded, threw them all into confusion, drove them pell-mell - caused chariots to break and overthrow chariots, and threw universal disorder into all their ranks. In this case Barak and his men had little to do but kill and pursue, and Sisera in order to escape, was obliged to abandon his chariot. There is no doubt all this was done by supernatural agency; God sent his angel and confounded them. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 4:15

Lighted down off his chariot - Probably his chariot stuck in the morass (see the note at Judges 4:7); or he might leave his chariot in order to mislead his pursuers, and in hope of gaining a place of safety while they were following the track of the chariot-wheels and the bulk of the host. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 4:16

What with the overflowing of the Kishon Judges 5:21, by which numbers were drowned, and the panic which had seized the defeated army, and made them an easy prey to the sword of the pursuing Israelites, Sisera’s whole force was cut to pieces and broken up. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 4:16-17

Judges 4:16-17. There was not a man left In the field; for there were some who fled away, as Sisera did. The tent of Jael For women had their tents apart from their husbands. And here he probably thought he would be more secret and secure than in her husband’s tent, or in any other place in that encampment, as it would have been a much greater insult to Heber for any Israelite to search for him there than in any other of his tents. For there was peace between Jabin and the house of Heber... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 4:1-24

Deliverance under Deborah (4:1-5:31)Hazor, chief city of the north, had been conquered and burnt by Joshua (Joshua 11:10-13). However, not all the people had been destroyed. Having rebuilt Hazor, they now took revenge on the northern tribes, especially Zebulun and Naphtali, and ruled them cruelly for twenty years (4:1-3). (To understand fully how God saved Israel at this time, we must read the historical outline in Chapter 4 together with the song of victory in Chapter 5.)Israel’s deliverer on... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 4:15

the LORD discomfited = Jehovah discomfited. Compare Psalms 83:9 . The word implies supernatural phenomena. Compare Judges 5:20-22 .Exodus 14:24 . Jos 10:10 . 2 Samuel 22:15 .Psalms 18:15 . read more