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Selected Verse: Judges 4:5 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jud 4:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And she dwelt [03427] under the palm tree [08560] of Deborah [01683] between Ramah [07414] and Bethel [01008] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] to her for judgment [04941]. |
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King James |
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
she dwelt under the palm tree--or, collectively, "palm-grove." It is common still in the East to administer justice in the open air, or under the canopy of an umbrageous tree. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
She dwelt - Rather, "she sat," namely, to judge the people Jdg 4:10, but not in the usual place, "the gate" Rut 4:1-2; Pro 22:22. It suited her character, and the wild unsafe times better, that she should sit under a palm-tree in the secure heights of Mount Ephraim, between Ramah and Bethel (Jdg 20:33 note). This verse shows that the Judges exercised the civil as well as military functions of rulers Sa1 7:15-17. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And she dwelt - Or, she sat: she had her judgment - seat in the open air, under the shadow of that tree; which was an emblem of the justice she administered there: thriving and growing against opposition, as the palm - tree does under pressures. Came to her - To have their suits and causes determined by her sentence. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The palm tree of Deborah - It is common for the Hindoos to plant trees in the names of themselves and their friends; and some religious mendicants live for a considerable time under trees. - Ward. |
15 And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] Israel [03478] all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
16 And he went [01980] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] in circuit [05437] to Bethel [01008], and Gilgal [01537], and Mizpeh [04709], and judged [08199] Israel [03478] in all those places [04725].
17 And his return [08666] was to Ramah [07414]; for there was his house [01004]; and there he judged [08199] Israel [03478]; and there he built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068].
33 And all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] rose up [06965] out of their place [04725], and put themselves in array [06186] at Baaltamar [01193]: and the liers in wait [0693] of Israel [03478] came forth [01518] out of their places [04725], even out of the meadows [04629] of Gibeah [01387].
22 Rob [01497] not the poor [01800], because he is poor [01800]: neither oppress [01792] the afflicted [06041] in the gate [08179]:
1 Then went [05927] Boaz [01162] up [05927] to the gate [08179], and sat him down [03427] there: and, behold, the kinsman [01350] of whom Boaz [01162] spake [01696] came [05674] by; unto whom he said [0559], Ho [01945], such [06423] a one [0492]! turn aside [05493], sit down [03427] here. And he turned aside [05493], and sat down [03427].
2 And he took [03947] ten [06235] men [0582] of the elders [02205] of the city [05892], and said [0559], Sit ye down [03427] here. And they sat down [03427].
10 And Barak [01301] called [02199] Zebulun [02074] and Naphtali [05321] to Kedesh [06943]; and he went up [05927] with ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] at his feet [07272]: and Deborah [01683] went up [05927] with him.