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as this. Summer-parlour unqueſtionably was, they uſed to one taeir feet, is appears from Ruth 3. 7. And this may ſeem to be th both becauſe the Summer-parlour was more _ 15 ut : T 3 ANC ſe this was a more like- for this uſe than for the former ; and becau jr of their long waiting at his Door, leſt they ator gon his Repole. And this ſenſe beſt agrees with Sauls caſe 1a the ns wien being aſteep David could more ſecurely cut cff the Jap oz his Garment, 1 Sam. 24. 3- where ſee my Annotations: > LOWE" 25 And they tarried till they were aſhame Ne: = behold he opened not the doors of the I ono {Fear fore they took a key p, and opened hem : and bchoid, their lo:d as fallen downdead on the part. o Or, confounded, not knowing what to ſay or thiol ; {op oy ſhould eirber diſturb him, or be guilty of neglect rowa! os p Another Key, it being ulual in princes Courtsto have divers keys for the ſame door- | PEI 26 And Ehud eſcaped while they tarricd : _ paſled beyond the quarries, and eſcaped unto Seiratn. ip 27 And it came to paſs when he was come, tnat ne
more Probavie,
blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim ; and the
children of Iſrael q went down with him from the
z0unt, and he before them. It _ Wham doubtleſs he had Fepared, and by his Emiſſaries ga- d ther in conſiderable numbers. : — And he (aid unto- them, Follow after me, for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the foords of Jordan r, toward Moab, and ſuffered
not a man to pals over. : | » Where they paſſed over Jordan, that neither the Moabites that were got into Canaan, might eſcape, nor any more Moavirer come
over Jordan to their {UCCcour. ; | 29 And they flew of Moab at that time abour ten
{caped not one man. T— Lb was ſubdued that day under the hand
of Iſrael, and the land had reſt fouricore years /. _ \ How theſe are to be underſtood, fee on v. 11. in ſtead of erg")
ſome Copi:s read e/ght years. I 4 And after him was Shamgar the fon of Anath,
which ſlew of the Philiſtines ſix hundred men with an
ox-goad t, and he alſo 7 delivered [frael.
t As Sampſon did a thouſand with the Jaw-bone of an Aſs; both being miraculous Attions, andnot at all incredible to bum that be- lieves a God, who could eatily give ſtrength both ro the perſons and
thei nsto effc& rhis. ET" CH IP. IV.
el: his Captain General was Siſera, 1— }. The
if + 95> fy aa the ind commanas Barak to go out againſt him
promsſeth Vittory : ſhe her ſelf marcheth with him. 4*==- 14, S feras Hoſt
is beaten: he flees. Jael hides him in her Tent, and while he fleeps ſhe kills him, 15 —— 23, K. Jabin is defroyed. ; 20
Nd the children of Ifrael again did evil 1n the
ſight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. |
2 And the LORD ſoid them into the hand of Jabin
king of Canaan s, that reigned in Hazor 6, the cap-
tain of whole hoſt was * Silera, which dwelt in Haro-
h of the Gentiles c. | _ e. Of the Land where the moſt of the Canaanites, ſtrictly ſo called, now dwelt, which ſeems to be 1n the Northern part of Caz aan. This ſcems to be of the Poſteriry of thar Jab:z, whom Jojbua flew, Joſb. 11. 11. who watched all opportunities to recover his an- cient Poſſeſſions, and ro revenge hisown and Fathers Quarre] upon the Iſraelites. b Either 1. In the City of Hazor, which though taken and burnt by Jeſbua, Chap. 11+ 11. yet mighr be reraken and rebuilc
by the Canganites : Or 2. In the Terricory or Kingdom of Hazor, which might now b-= reſtored to its former largnels and power, J:/- LI. 10» the names of Cites being cf: pur for their Territories, as | Zorah, aCity, Joſh» 15+ 33* 1s put for the Fields belonging to it, ; Judges 13+ 2. in which Sampſons Parents lived, indg. 13. 25. and 16. ; 31. and 18. 2, c So called, becauſe it was much frequented and in- habired by the Gentiles, either Ly the Canaanitcs, wo being beaten | out of their former Pcſſefſions, ſeared rhemielves in thoſe Northern parts ; or by other Nations coming there for Traffick, or upon other occaſions, as S:rabo notes of _ parts ; whence Galilee, where this was, is called Galilee of the Gent/les,
2 And the children of Iſrael cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chatiots of iron, and twenty years he mightily oppreſſed d the children of Hrae].
d More than the former Tyrants ; partly from tis malice and hatred againſt the J7aeztes ; and principally from Gods juſt Judg- ment, the growing puniſhment being moſt ſuitable to their aggra- vated Wickendeſs.
4 © And Deborah Þ a propheteſs e, the wife of La-
pidoth f, ſhe judged Iſrael g art that time.
e As there were M-n-prophets, ſo there were alſo Women-pro- pheteſſes, as Miriam, Exod. 15. 20. Huldah, 2 King. 22. iq- and divers others ; but the word Prophets or Prophereſſes is very ambiguous inboth Teſtaments ; ſometimes being uſed of perſons extraordinarily ir- ſpired by God, and endowed with a power of working Miracles, and foretelling things to come ; and ſomerimes of perſons endowed with ſpecial, though not miracu'ous gifts or graces, for the better underſtanding of, and diſcourling about the Word and Mind of God, for prailing of God, or the like; of which ſee 1 Chron. 25. 1. x Cor. 11+ 5+ and 14. 1, 3, 4 ©. And of this fort were the Sons of the Prophets, or tuch who were bred in the Scheols of the Pre- phers, who are oft called Prophets, as 1 Sam, 12. 5, 10, 11, 12. See alſo 1 King. 18. 4+ and 19. 10. And becauſe we read nothing of Deborahs miraculous ations, peradventure {he was only a Woman of |
eminent holineſs and prudence, & knowledge of the holy Scriptures, | by which the was ſingularly qualified forthe Judging of the pc ople | according to the Jaws of Ged. If itbe alledged, thar the foreſaw and foretold the following ViEory;ſo did all rheSons of theProphers fore- | tee and foretel Elijahs tranſl>tion, 2 King 2. 3. 5. which yet were not | extraordinary Prophets. f Or, a Woman of Lapidoth , :nd fo Lapidorh is | not the name of a man,bur of the placeof herBirth or Abode. g( i.e. )