Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
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Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
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Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
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Passages linked to Judges 5:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 4:10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 4:6 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Judges 4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- Esther 4:16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
- Acts 20:24 But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- 1 John 3:16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- Revelation 12:11 They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that]…
Jdg 5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Ver. 18. That jeoparded their lives.] Or, Devoted, exposed; and are therefore worthily renowned and never enough commended. They that "do worthily in Ephrata," shall be "famous in Bethlehem." {Rth 4:11} What a name hath Seanderbeg, Hunniades, Zisca, the Black Prince, who was so called, not of his colour, but of his dreaded acts in battle! {a}
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{a} Speed.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Jeoparded, Heb. despised, or reproached, or contemned, comparatively; they…
Jeoparded, Heb. despised, or reproached, or contemned, comparatively; they chose rather to venture upon a generous and honourable death, than to enjoy a shameful and servile life.
In the high places of the field, i.e. upon that large and eminent plain in the top of Mount Tabor, where they put themselves in battle-array, and expected the enemy; though when they saw he did not come up to them, they marched down to meet and fight him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Zebulun and Naphtali were a people,.... These two tribes…
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people,.... These two tribes were chiefly concerned in this war; out of them were the 10,000 men that followed Barak, who willingly offered themselves, and were the most active and vigorous:
that jeoparded themselves unto the death; exposed them to the utmost danger, fearless of death itself: or reproached (k) their lives; were careless of them, valued them not; they were not dear to them, but were ready to part with them freely, in the cause of liberty in which they were engaged:
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in the high places of the field; on the top of Mount Tabor, where they were mustered, and from whence they beheld the vast host of Sisera surrounding them; and yet, with an undaunted bravery and courage, descended the hill to fight with them. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in the country of Merome"; in the plains and fields of it, near which were the waters of Merom, where Joshua fought Jabin, a former king of Canaan, and supposed by some to be the same with Kishon here, Jos 11:5.
(k) "probris affecit", Pagninus; so the Targum.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Jeoparded - Hebrew. despised, comparatively; they chose rather to…
Jeoparded - Hebrew. despised, comparatively; they chose rather to venture upon a generous and honourable death, than to enjoy a shameful and servile life. High-places - That is, upon that large and eminent plain in the top of mount Tabor, where they put themselves in battle array, and expected the enemy; though when they saw they did not come up to them, they marched down to meet them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Zebulun and Naphtali - jeoparded their lives]…
Verse 18. Zebulun and Naphtali - jeoparded their lives] The original is very emphatic, חרף נפשו למות chereph naphsho lamuth, they desolated their lives to death - they were determined to conquer or die, and therefore plunged into the thickest of the battle. The word jeoparded is a silly French term, and comes from the exclamation of a disappointed gamester: Jeu perdu! The game is lost; or J'ai perdue! I have lost.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 5:18. Zebulun and Naphtali, &c. — These were…
Jdg 5:18. Zebulun and Naphtali, &c. — These were the two tribes out of which Barak, by the order of God, (Jdg 4:6,) drew ten thousand men, who charged the enemy from mount Tabor; and Deborah here celebrates their gallant behaviour. That jeoparded their lives — Hebrew, חרŠ, cherep, despised their lives, or exposed them to the danger of death, as making no account of them, in comparison of joining with their brethren to shake off the yoke of the Canaanites, and recover their liberty. They chose rather to venture upon a generous and honourable death than to enjoy a shameful and servile life. In the high places of the field — That is, upon that large and eminent plain in the top of mount Tabor, where they put themselves in battle array, and expected the enemy; though, when they saw that the Canaanites did not come up to them, they marched down to meet them.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In contrast with the selfishness of the tribes just…
In contrast with the selfishness of the tribes just named, Deborah reverts with enthusiasm to the heroic prowess of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Merone. Hebrew, "In the heights of the field, or…
Merone. Hebrew, "In the heights of the field, or of Merome." Some take this place to be the lake Semechon, but we have endeavoured to shew that it was in the vicinity of Thanac, Josue xi. 5. (Calmet) --- Thabor was in the midst of a great field or plain. (Du Hamel) --- Barac seems to have been at the head of 10,000 men, of the tribe of Issachar, attacking Sisara, at the foot of Thabor, while 40,000 of the tribes of Nephthali and Zabulon, almost without arms, fell upon the kings of Chanaan, who had posted themselves near the waters of Mageddo, to intercept any recruits that might be sent from the southern tribes, ver. 8, 15, 19. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Zebulun — Mentioned a second time (compare Jdg_5:14)…
18. Zebulun — Mentioned a second time (compare Jdg_5:14) because of the extraordinary bravery and heroism of the warriors of this tribe.
Scorned his soul to death — Hazarded his life on the most conspicuous places of the battle field. So bold and fearless was he that he seemed actually to scorn (חרŠ) his own life, and to treat it with contempt.
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And Naphtali — The same heroism and daring are predicated of the warriors of this tribe also, only the name of the tribe occurs but this once. The prominence of these two tribes in the action is seen in chap. Jdg_4:6; Jdg_4:10.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. In contrast to the lethargy of the tribes…
18. In contrast to the lethargy of the tribes on the E. and N. was the heroic valour of Zebulun and Naphtali.
the high places of the field] is hardly applicable to the field of battle, which was a plain; perhaps the general meaning is, the two tribes came fearlessly down from their mountain homes prepared to sacrifice all for the cause. See further on Jdg_4:6.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Jeoparded their lives.—Comp. Jdg_9:7; Isa_53:12. The courage of…
(18) Jeoparded their lives.—Comp. Jdg_9:7; Isa_53:12. The courage of Zebulon and Naphtali is contrasted with the empty debates of Reuben, the sloth of Gilead, the cowardly selfishness of Dan and Asher.
In the high places of the field.—That is, on Mount Tabor. The Hebrew word is the Meroms; hence the Vulgate has in regione Merome. (Comp. Jos_11:5; Jos_11:7.)
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