Judges 5:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

Judges 5:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:2
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
2 Corinthians 8:17
For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
1 Chronicles 29:9
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
2 Corinthians 8:3-4
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; …
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-11)

Here, I. Deborah describes the distressed state of Israel under the tyranny of Jabin, that the greatness of their trouble might make their salvation appear the more illustrious and the more gracious (Jdg. 5:6): From the days of Shamgar, who did some thing towards the deliverance of Israel from the Philistines, to the days of Jael, the present day, in which Jael has so signalized herself, the count…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. expresses gratitude to the respective leaders of the tribes which participated in the contest; but, above all, to God, who inspired both the patriotic disposition and the strength.