Judges 4:23
in Judges 4On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
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ASV
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
KJV
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
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This verse in Judges 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael
on Judges 4:22-24
Barak arrives to be shown the man he came for, and the word of verse 9 is discharged in front of him. Albert Barnes holds that Barak would have taken the woman of that prophecy for Deborah, and that the saying was explained only by its fulfilment. Verse 23 makes God the subject of the victory, and verses 23 and 24 name Jabin three times in two sentences as the twenty years of verse 3 are worked off. The formula the land had rest is withheld until 5:31, where it falls for the third and last time in the book and never returns.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the children, of Israel.
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the L ORD : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. Israel backsliding from God: They again did evil in his sight, forsook his service, and worshipped idols; for this was the sin which now most easily beset them,
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּכְנַ֤ע | vaiyakhna' | and he subdued | H3665 → | 36 times |
| אֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֔וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָבִ֣ין | yavin | Jabin | H2985 → | 8 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| כְּנָ֑עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיַּכְנַ֤עand he subdued
vaiyakhna'H3665 →36 times
אֱלֹהִים֙God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֔וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
יָבִ֣יןJabin
yavinH2985 →8 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
כְּנָ֑עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:40–41
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- Psalms 18:32
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- 2 Samuel 22:40–41
Through
1 Corinthians 15:28And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
it leads to
- Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- 1 Corinthians 3:23
and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
- Ephesians 1:23
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
- Colossians 3:11
Through
1 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:9
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…
- 1 Chronicles 23:25
For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9
Through
Psalms 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
it leads to
- Psalms 47:3
He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
- Psalms 47:3
Where this verse is studied
About Judges
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.