18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
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And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-24)We have seen the army of the Canaanites totally 3434 routed. It is said ( Ps. 83:9 , 10 , where the defeat of this army is pleaded as a precedent for God’s doing the like in after times) that they became as dung for the earth . Now here we have, I. The fall of their general, Sisera, captain of the host, in whom, it is likely, Jabin their king put an entire confidence, and therefore was not himself…
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