But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
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But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
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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 the sword; and there was not a man left.
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But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth-goiim; and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
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- Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
- James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Leviticus 26:7-8 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Joshua 10:19-20 but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.” When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
- Joshua 11:8 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining.
- Psalms 83:9 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
- Psalms 104:35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
- Isaiah 43:17 who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and…
Jdg 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 the sword; [and] there was not a man left.
Ver. 16. There was not a man left.] Heb., Unto one. Ne ignifer quidem relictus est, as the Latin proverb hath it, {a} scarce one left to bring the sad news of a πανολεθρια.
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“ Desinat elatis quisquam confidere rebus:
Magna repente ruunt, summa cadunt subito. ”
{a} Claudian.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, in the field; for there were some…
To wit, in the field; for there were some who fled away, as Sisera did.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the…
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles,.... The place from whence they came, and to which they endeavoured to escape: but he followed them, so close all that way, and made such havoc of them, that
all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword, and there was not a man left; no, not one, excepting Sisera, as in Jdg 4:17; or "even to one" (l), as in the original text; not one escaped to Hazor to acquaint Jabin of the loss of his army. Philo Byblius says, that nine hundred and ninety seven thousand of Sisera's army were slain.
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(l) "usque ad unum", Montanus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Left - In the field; for there were some…
Left - In the field; for there were some who fled away, as Sisera did.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 4:16-17. There was not a man left —…
Jdg 4:16-17. There was not a man left — In the field; for there were some who fled away, as Sisera did. The tent of Jael — For women had their tents apart from their husbands. And here he probably thought he would be more secret and secure than in her husband’s tent, or in any other place in that encampment, as it would have been a much greater insult to Heber for any Israelite to search for him there than in any other of his tents. For there was peace between Jabin and the house of Heber — Not a covenant of friendship, which they were forbidden to make with the Canaanites, but a cessation of hostilities, which Jabin granted them, because they were peaceable people, abhorring war, and wholly minding pasturage, and were not Israelites, with whom his principal quarrel was. Add to this, that God disposed his heart to favour those who were careful to shun idolatry, and other sins wherewith Israel had corrupted themselves.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain What with the overflowing of the Kishon Jdg 5:21,…
What with the overflowing of the Kishon Jdg 5:21, by which numbers were drowned, and the panic which had seized the defeated army, and made them an easy prey to the sword of the pursuing Israelites, Sisera’s whole force was cut to pieces and broken up.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Multitude. Josephus allots Sisara the same number of horse…
Multitude. Josephus allots Sisara the same number of horse and foot as he did to Jabin, whom Josue defeated and slew, chap. xi. 4. But instead of 20,000 chariots, he only gives Sisara 3000, which number appears to be far too great, and unauthorized by the Scripture. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain But Barak pursued . . . unto Harosheth--Broken and…
But Barak pursued . . . unto Harosheth--Broken and routed, the main body of Sisera's army fled northward; others were forced into the Kishon and drowned (see on Jdg 5:21).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Barak pursued — The footmen had the advantage…
16. Barak pursued — The footmen had the advantage of the enemy’s chariots, which, after the rain, must have stuck in the softened soil.
Not a man left — A hyperbolical expression to denote the utter ruin of Sisera’s army. Jdg_5:12, intimates that some captives were taken.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. The Canaanites fled in a westerly direction to…
16. The Canaanites fled in a westerly direction to their base, pursued by Barak, and not one escaped; cf. Exo_14:28.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) There was not a man left.—The massacre in…
(16) There was not a man left.—The massacre in all battles in which the fugitives have to escape over a river and contend with a storm is always specially fatal. The memory of this terrible carnage was preserved for years, together with the circumstance that the soil was enriched by the dead bodies (Psa_83:10). Similarly at Waterloo, the year after the battle a blaze of crimson poppies burst out over the plain, and the harvests of the subsequent years were specially rich.
“The earth is covered thick with other clay,
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Which her own clay shall cover.”
The scene of the battle of Marius at Aquæ Sextiæ was long called Fourrières (a corruption of Campi Putridi) for the same reason; and the site of Cannæ is still known as Pezzo di Sangue.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Barak pursued after the chariots. Barak, supposing Sisera still…
Barak pursued after the chariots. Barak, supposing Sisera still to be with the chariots, pursued after them, and seems to have overtaken them, as they were embarrassed in the rotten, boggy ground which had been suddenly overflowed by the swollen waters of Kishon. Many were swept away by the flood and drowned, the rest put to the sword while their horses were floundering in the bog. (Jud_1:5:21, 22) But Sisera had meanwhile escaped on foot unnoticed, and fled to the tents of the friendly Kenites.
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