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Judges 5 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Judges 5, 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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Judges 5 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דְּבּוֹרָה Dᵉbôwrâh H1683 4 Deborah
סִיסְרָא Çîyçᵉrâʼ H5516 4 Sisera
צֶבַע tsebaʻ H6648 3 dye
שָׁלָל shâlâl H7998 4 booty
עוּר ʻûwr H5782 4 wake
עַם ʻam H5971 6 people, tribe
לָחַם lâcham H3898 4 feed on, consume

How preachers through history handled this text

11 public-domain excerpts on Judges 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 3 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“Deborah called on her own soul to be in earnest. He that will set the hearts of other men on fire with the love of Christ, must himself burn with love. Praising God is a work we should awake to, and awake ourselves unto. She notices who fought against Israel, who fought for them, and who kept away. Who fought against them. They were obstinate enemies to God's people, therefore the more dangerous. Who fought for them. The several tribes that helped are here spoken of with honour; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 5:12–23 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Mount Tabor — Judg 5:13
  • Amalek — Judg 5:14
  • Gilead 1 — Judg 5:17
  • Jordan — Judg 5:17
  • Canaan — Judg 5:19
  • Megiddo — Judg 5:19

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