Judges 5:19-31
kings Josh 10:22-27, Josh 11:1-15; Ps 48:4-6, Ps 68:12-14, Ps 118:8-12; Rev 17:12-14; Rev 19:19 Taanach Judg 1:27; 1Kgs 4:12 they took Judg 5:30; Gen 14:22, Gen 4:16; Ps 44:12 fought Josh 10:11; 1Sam 7:10; Ps 77:17-18 the stars Judg 4:15 courses Heb. paths Kishon Judg 4:7, Judg 4:13; 1Kgs 18:40; Ps 83:9-10 O my soul Gen 49:18; Ps 44:5; Isa 25:10; Mic 7:10 horsehoofs Anciently, horses were not shod; nor are they at the present day in some parts of the East. The flight was so rapid that the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken by the roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became lame, and could not carry off their riders. Ps 20:7, Ps 33:17, Ps 147:10-11; Isa 5:28; Jer 47:4; Mic 4:13 prancings or, tramplings, or, plungings mighty ones Or, as Dr. Waterland renders, "mighty horses," or "strong steeds," as Dr. Kennicott, i.e., their war-horses, which gives great energy to the text, and renders it perfectly intelligible. Curse ye 1Sam 26:19; Jer 48:10; 1Cor 16:22 Meroz This city of Meroz seems to have been, at this time, a place of considerable importance, since something great was expected from it; but probably, after the angel of the Lord had pronounced this curse, it dwindled and like the fig-tree which Christ cursed, withered away; so that we never read of it after this in Scripture. the angel Judg 2:1, Judg 4:6, Judg 6:11, Judg 13:3; Matt 25:41 they came Judg 21:9-10; Neh 3:5 to the help 1Sam 17:47, 1Sam 18:17, 1Sam 25:28; Rom 15:18; 1Cor 3:9; 2Cor 6:1 Judg 4:17; Gen 14:19; Prov 31:31; Luke 1:28, Luke 1:42 asked Judg 4:19-21 butter Chemah, may signify buttermilk, which is made by the Arabs by agitating the milk in a leathern bag; and is highly esteemed because of its refreshing and cooling qualities. with the Heb. She hammered she smote off Or rather, "she smote his head, then she struck through and pierced his temples:" which is more consonant to the original, and to fact, as it does not appear that she smote off his head. 1Sam 17:49-51; 2Sam 20:22 At Heb. Between where Ps 52:7; Matt 7:2; Jas 2:13 dead Heb. destroyed through 2Kgs 1:2; Song 2:9 Why is Judg 4:15; Song 8:14; Jas 5:7 answer Heb. her words, Judg 5:29 Have they not sped Exod 15:9; Job 20:5 every man Heb. the head of a man of divers Gen 37:3; 2Sam 13:18; Ps 45:14 So let Ps 48:4-5, Ps 58:10-11, Ps 68:1-3, Ps 83:9-18, Ps 92:9, Ps 97:8; Rev 6:10, Rev 18:20; Rev 19:2-3 them that Exod 20:6; Deut 6:5; Ps 91:14, Ps 97:10; Rom 8:28; 1Cor 8:3; Eph 6:24; Jas 1:12, Jas 2:5; 1Pet 1:8; 1John 4:19-21, 1John 5:2-3 the sun 2Sam 23:4; Ps 19:4-5, Ps 37:6; Prov 4:18; Dan 12:3; Hos 6:3; Matt 13:43 And the land The victory here celebrated in this song, was of such happy consequence to Israel, that for the principal part of one age, they enjoyed the peace to which it had been the means of opening the way. The land had rest forty years, that is, so long it was from this victory to the raising up of Gideon. And well would it have been for the Israelites, if while the tribes had rest, they had taken advantage of the cessation from war, and had walked in the fear of the Lord. Judg 3:11, Judg 3:30
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