Judges 5:8
They 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
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Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to devils, and not to God; 1 To gods whom they knew not: 1 New and fresh gods came in, 1 Whom their fathers knew not. 1
Judges 2:17for they went a-whoring after other gods, and worshiped them; and they turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to hearken to the words of the Lord; they did not so.
1 Samuel 13:19And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.
Matthew Henry on Judges 5:7-12
6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord . 10 Speak, ye that ride… Read the whole commentary →