Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth—she judged Israel at that time.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.
Deuteronomy 28:33A nation which thou knowest not shall eat the produce of thy land, and all thy labors; and thou shalt be injured and crushed always.
Joshua 17:16And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Canaanite dwelling in it in Beth-shean, and in its villages, and in the Valley of Jezreel, has choice cavalry and iron.
Judges 3:9And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a savior to Israel, and he saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb younger than himself.
Judges 5:8They chose new gods; 1 Then the cities of rulers fought; 1 There was not a shield or spear seen 1 Among forty thousand in Israel. 1
Judges 10:10And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken God, and served Baalim.
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 →