Teks -- Judges 4:15 (NET)

4:15 The Lord routed Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. Sisera jumped out of his chariot and ran away on foot.

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Wesley: Jdg 4:15 - Discomfited

With great terror and noise, as the word signifies, probably with thunder and lightning, and hail - stones, poured upon them from heaven, as is implied, Jdg 5:20.

Wesley: Jdg 4:15 - Edge of the sword

That is, 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.

Wesley: Jdg 4:15 - On his feet

That he might flee away more secretly in the quality of a common soldier, whereas his chariot would have exposed him to more observation.

JFB: Jdg 4:15 - the Lord discomfited Sisera

Hebrew, "threw his army into confusion"; men, horses, and chariots being intermingled in wild confusion. The disorder was produced by a supernatural panic (see on Jdg 5:20).

JFB: Jdg 4:15 - so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet

His chariot being probably distinguished by its superior size and elegance, would betray the rank of its rider, and he saw therefore that his only chance of escape was on foot.

Clarke: Jdg 4:15 - The Lord discomfited Sisera

The Lord discomfited Sisera - ויהם יהוה vayiahom Jehovah ; the Lord Confounded, threw them all into confusion, drove them pell-mell - caused chariots to break and overthrow chariots, and threw universal disorder into all their ranks. In this case Barak and his men had little to do but kill and pursue, and Sisera in order to escape, was obliged to abandon his chariot. There is no doubt all this was done by supernatural agency; God sent his angel and confounded them.

Defender: Jdg 4:15 - Lord discomfited Sisera

The providential means by which the hosts of Sisera with their 900 iron chariots were destroyed by Barak's 10,000 men, is indicated in the song of Deborah and Barak (Jdg 5:21): "The river of Kishon swept them away." The chariots were inundated by the floodwaters and the remaining soldiers "fell upon the edge of the sword" (Jdg 4:16)."

TSK: Jdg 4:15

Jdg 5:20, Jdg 5:21; Jos 10:10; 2Ki 7:6; 2Ch 13:15-17; Psa 83:9, Psa 83:10; Heb 11:32

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Poole: Jdg 4:15 - The Lord discomfited Sisera // With the edge of the sword // Fled away on his feet

The Lord discomfited Sisera with great terror and noise, as the word signifies, Exo 14:24 Jos 10:10 1Sa 10 , most probably with thunder, and lightning, and hailstones, or other such instruments of destruction poured upon them from heaven, as is sufficiently implied, Jud 5:20 .

With the edge of the sword 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 these whom God by more powerful arms had put to flight.

Fled away on his feet 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.

Haydock: Jdg 4:15 - Terror

Terror. The most dreadful storms of thunder, lightning, &c., (chap. v. 20,) discomfited the enemy, while the sword of Barac (Calmet) dealt death around, so that Sisara and all his army presently turned their backs, (Haydock) and the general himself being stricken with a panic, leapt from his chariot, as if he thought his horses did not run fast enough. Thus Homer represents two Trojans abandoning their chariots, to escape the fury of Diomed and of Achilles. (Iliad v., and xx.)

Gill: Jdg 4:15 - And the Lord discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host // with the edge of the sword before Barak // so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet

And the Lord discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his host,.... Frightened them, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, or disturbed them with a noise and tumult, as the word signifies; with a noise in the heavens, which were in their ears, as Abarbinel observes, like the noise of a large army, as was the case of the Syrians, 2Ki 7:6; and they saw, he says, horses and chariots of fire, and the like, which terrified them; and all this he supposes was done before Barak descended from the mountain, so that he had nothing to do when he came but to pursue and kill, whereby it plainly appeared it was the Lord's doing. Josephus ⁱ says there was a great tempest of rain and hail, and the wind blew the rain in their faces, which so blinded their eyes, that their slings and arrows were of no use to them; and they that bore armour were so benumbed, that they could not hold their swords. Something of this kind is intimated by Deborah in her song, Jdg 5:20; and this was accompanied or followed by a slaughter

with the edge of the sword before Barak; the fright and dread they were put into was increased by the appearance of Barak, who fell upon them in their confusion, and cut them to pieces:

so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet; being very probably swift of foot; and besides thought it safest to quit his chariot, which in the confusion was in danger of being run against by others; as also he might judge he should not be so easily discerned who he was when on foot, as a common soldier, as in his splendid chariot; and this he might do in his fright, not considering his horses were swifter than he: thus Homer represents a Trojan warrior leaping out of his chariot to escape Diomedes, and another as doing the same to get clear of Achilles ^k.