Judges 4:5
And this Deborah dwelt vnder a palme tree, betweene Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgement.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4And at that time Deborah a Prophetesse the wife of Lapidoth iudged Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 18:13Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vnto euen.
Exodus 18:19Heare nowe my voyce, (I will giue thee counsell, and God shalbe with thee) be thou for the people to Godwarde, and report thou the causes vnto God,
Deuteronomy 17:8If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse,
Joshua 18:22And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
1 Samuel 1:1There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mount Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1 Samuel 6:16And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same 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 →