So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
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So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
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So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
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So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Judges 4:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 9:24 “So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
- Psalms 18:47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 18:39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 “Isn’t Yahweh your God with you? Hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
- Psalms 47:3 He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
- Psalms 81:14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
- Hebrews 11:33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin…
Jdg 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Ver. 23. So God subdued on that day Jabin.] By the death of his general and destruction of his forces. See Jdg 4:16.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So God subdued on that day Jabin king of…
So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the children, of Israel. Freed Israel from subjection to him and delivered him into the hands of the Israelites; for Josephus (o) says, that as Barak went towards Hazor, he met Jabin, and slew him; who perhaps having heard of the defeat of his army under Sisera, came forth with another against Israel, which being overcome by them, he was slain, and the city utterly destroyed, as the same writer says; but by what follows it seems rather that the total conquest of him was afterwards and gradually accomplished.
(o) Antiqu. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Humbled Jabin, though he was not present in this…
Humbled Jabin, though he was not present in this battle. The Israelites followed up the victory, and presently brought their late oppressor to ruin, that all might confess, none could resist their power, when God was propitious to them; as, on the other hand, the most feeble state was able to reduce them to servitude, when they proved rebellious. (Haydock)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) So God subdued.—The word used for God is…
(23) So God subdued.—The word used for God is here Elohim, while Jehovah occurs through the rest of the narrative. We are not yet in a position to formulate the law which regulates the interchange of these names. It need hardly be added that this attribution of the deliverance of Israel to God’s providence and aid does not necessarily involve the least approval of the false and cruel elements which stained the courage and faith of Jael. Though God overrules even criminal acts to the fulfilment of His own purposes, the crimes themselves meet with their own just condemnation and retribution. This may be seen decisively in the case of Jehu. His conduct, like that of Jael, was of a mixed character. He was an instrument in the hands of God to punish and overthrow the guilty house of Ahab, and in carrying out this Divine commission, he, too, showed dauntlessness and faith, yet his atrocious cruelty is justly condemned by the voice of the prophet (Hos_1:4), just as that of Baasha had been (1Ki_16:7), though he, too, was an instrument of Divine retribution. To explain this clause, and the triumphal cry of Deborah—“So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord”—as Bishop Wordsworth does, to mean that “the work of Jael is represented by the sacred writer as the work of God,” is to claim Divine sanction for a wish that wicked or hostile powers should always “so” perish by cruel and treacherous assassination. At the same time, Jael must not be classed with women actuated only by a demoniacal thirst for vengeance, like Criemhild, in the Niebelungen; or even with Aretophila, of Cyrene, whom Plutarch so emphatically praises (On the Virtues of Women, p. 19, quoted by Cassel); but rather with women like Judith in ancient, or Charlotte Corday in modern times, who regarded themselves as the champions of a great and good cause.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain So God subdued on that day Jabin.
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So God subdued on that day Jabin.
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A great victory--but Gods
I. What he did: God subdued . . . Jabin the king.
1. This is the normal issue of Gods activity. For God to act is for Him to conquer. Where the victory tarries, it is only God waiting.
2. He subdued Jabin the king of Canaan. Who is able to stand against Him?
3. Every oppressor of Gods people becomes His foe. He who molests them virtually challenges God.
II. How he did it: So.
1. By inspiring Deborah with a holy courage.
2. By arrangement. The plan of salvation is only one grand instance of the Divine order,
III. When he did it: On that day. God never miscalculates. The Eternal is never late.
1. It was as soon as they wanted it.
2. It was when they were most ready to receive it.
IV. Where he did it: Before the children of Israel.
1. There are many things which God must do out of our sight.
2. There are instances when He works by signs which are visible--Red Sea; Carmel. This victory was not only decided, but manifest. (E. M. Mouchin.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 God defeated Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the…
God defeated Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the people of Israel
God causing the Israelites to defeat Jabin and his army is spoken of as is God himself defeated Jabin as the people of Israel watched. (See: Metaphor)
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The might
"The military power"
they destroyed him
Here "him" refers to Jabin who represents himself and his army. AT: "they destroyed Jabin and his army" (See: Synecdoche)
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