Judges 4:2

And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
sold	וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם vai.yim.ke.Rem	H4376	to sell · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	בְּיַד֙ be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Jabin	יָבִ֣ין ya.Vin	H2985	Jabin · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Canaan	כְּנַ֔עַן ke.Na.'an	H3667	Kenaan · proper noun, a place name
reigned	מָלַ֖ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Hazor	בְּחָצ֑וֹר be.cha.Tzor	H2674	Chatsor · preposition + proper noun, a place name
captain	וְשַׂר ve.sar-	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
host	צְבָאוֹ֙ tze.va.'O	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Sisera	סִֽיסְרָ֔א sis.Ra'	H5516	Sisera · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt	יוֹשֵׁ֖ב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Harosheth	בַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת ba.cha.Ro.shet	H2800	Charosheth · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Gentiles	הַגּוֹיִֽם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Joshua 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and t…
Judges 4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of…
Judges 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of t…
1 Samuel 12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philis…
Psalms 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Joshua 11:10-11 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all tho…
Judges 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of…
Joshua 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 4:1-3

Here is, I. Israel backsliding from God: They again did evil in his sight, forsook his service, and worshipped idols; for this was the sin which now most easily beset them, Jdg 4:1. See in this, 1. The strange strength of corruption, which hurries men into sin notwithstanding the most frequent experience of its fatal consequences. The bent to backslide is with great difficulty restrained. 2. The common ill effects of a long peace. The land had rest eighty years, which should have confirmed them in their religion; but, on the contrary, it made them secure and wanton, and indulgent of those lusts which the worship of the false gods was calculated for the gratification of. Thus the prosperity o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 4:2

Jabin king of Canaan--"Jabin," a royal title (see on Jos 11:1). The second Jabin built a new capital on the ruins of the old (Jos 11:10-11). The northern Canaanites had recovered from the effect of their disastrous overthrow in the time of Joshua, and now triumphed in their turn over Israel. This was the severest oppression to which Israel had been subjected. But it fell heaviest on the tribes in the north, and it was not till after a grinding servitude of twenty years that they were awakened to view it as the punishment of their sins and to seek deliverance from God.

John Gill on Judges 4:2

And the Lord sold them,.... Delivered them into a state of bondage and slavery, where they were like men sold for slaves, see Judges 3:8, into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; there was a city of this name, and a king of it of the same name, as here, in the times of Joshua, which city was taken and burnt by him, and its king slain, Joshua 11:1; and either the country about it is here meant, as Jericho in the preceding chapter is put for the country adjacent to it; or this city had been rebuilt, over which reigned one of the posterity of the ancient kings of it, and of the same name; or Jabin was a name common to the kings of Canaan, as Pharaoh to the Egyptian kings;…

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Dictionary and topics

Barak — Lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in…
Harosheth — (workmanship) “of the Gentiles” so called from the mixed races that inhabited it—a city in the north of the land of Canaan, supposed to have stood on the west coast of the lake Merom from which the…
Harosheth of the Gentiles — (Judg. 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north of Palestine. It was here that Jabin’s great army was marshalled before it went forth into the…
Hazor — Enclosed; fortified. (1.) A stronghold of the Canaanites in the mountains north of Lake Merom (Josh. 11:1-5). Jabin the king with his allied tribes here encountered Joshua in a great battle. Joshua…
Jabin — Discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a…
Kishon — Winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly direction through the plains of Esdraelon and Acre, falls into the…
Sisera — (Egypt. Ses-Ra, “servant of Ra”). (1.) The captain of Jabin’s army (Judg. 4:2), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. After all was lost he fled to the…
Canaanites · General references — General references
Canaanites, The · Part of left: To chastise Israel — Part of left: To chastise Israel
Captain · Comman — Comman
Harosheth · The home of Sisera

Judges 4:2

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 4:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 4:2

John Gill on Judges 4:2

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Judges 4:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 4:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 4:2

John Gill on Judges 4:2

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 4:1-3

Rashi on Judges 4:2