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Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 4:15

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Judges4:15

15 And the LORD discomfited , Sisera and all his charets, and all his host with the edge of the sword , before Barak: so that Sisera lighted down off his charet, and fled away on his feet .

With great Terror and Noise, as the word signifies, Exod. 14. 24. Ios. 10. 10. 1 Sam. 7. 10. most probably with Thunder, and Lightning, and Hail-stones, or other such Instruments of Destruction poured upon them from Heaven, as is sufficiently implied, Iudg. 5. 20.

i. e. By the Sword of Barak and his Army, whose Ministry God used; but so, that they had little else to do, but to kill those whom God by more powerful Arms had put to flight.

That he might flee away more secretly and securely in the quality of a common Soldier, whereas his Chariot would have exposed him to more observation and hazard.

Marginal references: Psal. 83▪ [illegible: 1+ letters] 10.

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