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**Then sang.** No singing till after victory. Compare [Exodus 15:1](../../../kjv/exodus/15/1) . Only weeping before. Compare [Judges 2:4](../../../kjv/judges/2/4) with [Exodus 2:23](../../../kjv/exodus/2/23) , [Exodus 2:24](../../../kjv/exodus/2/24) . See note on [Exodus 15:1](../../../kjv/exodus/15/1) for the ten songs.

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**I, even I.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

**when.** Compare [Exodus 19:18](../../../kjv/exodus/19/18) .
**dropped** = dripped.

**The mountains melted** = from the mountains flowed down streams.

**Shamgar.** Compare [Judges 3:31](../../../kjv/judges/3/31) .
**the highways, &c.** = the highways were closed.

**The inhabitants.** Why not supply the Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) by the words "the women", considering the objects of Jabin's oppression? see notes on [Judges 4:4](../../../kjv/judges/4/4) , [Judges 4:17](../../../kjv/judges/4/17) ; [Judges 5:7](../../../kjv/judges/5/7) , [Judges 5:11](../../../kjv/judges/5/11) , [Judges 5:24](../../../kjv/judges/5/24) , [Judges 5:30](../../../kjv/judges/5/30) .
**ceased** = ceased [to be]. Same word as "unoccupied" in [Judges 5:6](../../../kjv/judges/5/6) .
**I arose.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.*

**new gods.** Compare [Deuteronomy 32:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/16) .
**Was there . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*

**is toward.** Supply "saith to", instead of "is". The next clause gives the words spoken.

**the places of drawing water:** i.e. where the women were to be found. See notes on [Judges 4:4](../../../kjv/judges/4/4) , [Judges 4:17](../../../kjv/judges/4/17) ; [Judges 5:7](../../../kjv/judges/5/7) , [Judges 5:30](../../../kjv/judges/5/30) . Compare [Genesis 24:11](../../../kjv/genesis/24/11) .[Exodus 2:15-19](../../../kjv/exodus/2/15-19) .

**Awake, awake.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 .
**lead thy captivity captive** = lead thy captives captive; "captivity" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject) for the persons made captive = lead captive thy captive train.

Some codices and Septuagint divide the two lines thus: Then came down a remnant of the nobles, And the People of Jehovah [came down] with me against the mighty ones.

**was there.** Supply Figure of speech *Ellipsis* thus: "came down", from [Judges 5:13](../../../kjv/judges/5/13) and [Judges 5:15](../../../kjv/judges/5/15) .
**a root, &c.** = whose root was in Amalek. Compare [Judges 12:15](../../../kjv/judges/12/15) . Or, according to Septuagint, "they who rooted them out in Amalek. "
**handle** = draw, in the sense of numbering, enrolling, or mustering, as in [Judges 4:6](../../../kjv/judges/4/6) .
**pen** = rod (used in numbering). [Leviticus 27:32](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/32) .[Ezekiel 20:37](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/37) . Nowhere else rendered pen.
**writer** = numberer. Hebrew. *saphar,* translated scribe. Compare [2 Kings 25:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/19) . [2 Chronicles 26:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26/11) .

**And** = But.
**Even** = Yea.
**He was sent, &c.** = into the valley they rushed at his feet.
**For** = among.

**Why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*

**breaches** = creeks or bays.

**lives** = souls. Hebrew. *nephesh.* See App-18 .

**gain** = plunder.

**fought.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia.* App-6 . Compare [Joshua 10:11](../../../kjv/joshua/10/11) .

**rive** r = torrent.
**Kishon.** Rising in Mount Tabor and running into the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel.
**swept.** Swollen by the heavy rains ([Judges 5:4](../../../kjv/judges/5/4) ).
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**the pransings.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.*

**Blessed above women.** Compare [Luke 1:28](../../../kjv/luke/1/28) "among". See notes on [Judges 4:4](../../../kjv/judges/4/4) , [Judges 4:17](../../../kjv/judges/4/17) ; [Judges 5:7](../../../kjv/judges/5/7) , [Judges 5:11](../../../kjv/judges/5/11) , [Judges 5:30](../../../kjv/judges/5/30) .

**butter.** See note on [Judges 4:19](../../../kjv/judges/4/19) .

**At her feet.** Note the Figure of speech *Asyndeton.* App-6 .
**he bowed, he fell.** Figure of speech *Epibole.*
**dead** = destroyed.

**The mother.** A woman active on each side, with other women involved ([Judges 5:30](../../../kjv/judges/5/30) ).
**a** = the.

**Have . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*
**sped** = found; i.e. the damsels they were fighting for: and while doing so they were defeated by a woman.
**To every man** = to every head of a man; "head" put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), for the whole person.
**man.** Hebrew. *geber* ( App-14 . IV) = a strong man.
**damsel.** Hebrew womb. Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part) for the whole person, to emphasize the motive underneath. This was the one object of Jabin's oppression. See notes on [Judges 4:4](../../../kjv/judges/4/4) , [Judges 4:17](../../../kjv/judges/4/17) ; [Judges 5:7](../../../kjv/judges/5/7) , [Judges 5:11](../../../kjv/judges/5/11) , [Judges 5:24](../../../kjv/judges/5/24) .
**spoil.** Figure of speech *Aposiopesis.* App-6 .

**So.** Figure of speech *Epiphonema.*
**had rest.** See note on [Judges 3:11](../../../kjv/judges/3/11) .

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