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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].
  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.

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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.
 
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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.