Judges 4:3
And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots with scythes, and he vehemently oppressed them for twenty years.
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In Context
4Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23In truth, after a long time, the king of Egypt was dead. And the sons of Israel, groaning, cried out because of the works. And their cry ascended to God from the works.
Deuteronomy 28:33May a people you do not know eat the fruits of your land and of all your labors. And may you continually suffer from slander and oppression every day.
Joshua 17:16And the sons of Joseph responded to him: “We are not able to ascend to the mountains, since the Canaanites, who live in the plains, in which are situated Bethshean, with its villages, and Jezreel, possessing the middle of the valley, use chariots of iron.”
Judges 3:9And they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, and he freed them, namely, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb.
Judges 5:8The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overturned the gates of the enemies. A shield with a spear was not seen among the forty thousand of Israel.
Judges 10:10And crying out to the Lord, they said: “We have sinned against you. For we have forsaken the Lord our God, and we have served the Baals.”
Matthew Henry on Judges 4:2-4
The Israelites Enslaved by Jabin. ( b. c. 1285.) 1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord , when Ehud was dead. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. Here is, I. Israel backsliding from God: They again did… Read the whole commentary →