Judges 4:5
And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Bæthel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,—she judged Israel at that time.
Cross References
Exodus 18:13And it came to pass after the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.
Exodus 18:19Now then hearken to me, and I will advise thee, and God shall be with thee: be thou to the people in the things pertaining to God, and thou shalt bring their + 18:19 Gr. words.matters to God.
Deuteronomy 17:8And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, + 17:8 Gr. blood between blood, etc.between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;
Joshua 18:22and Bæthabara, and Sara, and Besana,
1 Samuel 1:1There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.
1 Samuel 6:16And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.
Matthew Henry on Judges 4:5-10
The Project of Deborah and Barak. ( b. c. 1258.) 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali… Read the whole commentary →