Passage Research
Judges 4 — Sermon Preparation
The prophetess Deborah leads Barak against Jabin's general Sisera, who flees only to be killed by Jael, a woman who drives a tent peg through his head. Below is a research summary for Judges 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Judges 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| סִיסְרָא | Çîyçᵉrâʼ | H5516 | 13 | Sisera |
| בָּרָק | Bârâq | H1301 | 10 | Barak |
| יָבִין | Yâbîyn | H2985 | 6 | Jabin |
| דְּבּוֹרָה | Dᵉbôwrâh | H1683 | 5 | Deborah |
| רֶכֶב | rekeb | H7393 | 6 | vehicle, team |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 8 | walk, carry |
| יָעֵל | Yâʻêl | H3278 | 4 | Jael |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Judges 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed, it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorrows. The idol may quickly become a burden, Isa 46:1; what we were sick for, God can make us sick of. It is probable that Jael really intended kindness to Sisera; but by a Divine impulse she was afterwards led to consider him as the determined enemy of the Lord and of his people, and to destroy him. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 4:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Kedesh 4— Judg 4:10
- Zaanannim— Judg 4:11
- Mount Tabor— Judg 4:12
- Harosheth-hagoyim— Judg 4:13
- Kishon— Judg 4:13
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