Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 4:3

"And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel." — Judges 4:3 (ASV)

Cried to the Lord. —Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Psalms 107:13.

Nine hundred. — Josephus magnifies the number to 3,000.

Chariots of iron. —Judges 1:19; Joshua 17:10. We may notice that as the children of Israel burnt these chariots at Misrephoth-maim (Joshua 11:9), they could not have been of solid iron throughout.

Mightily oppressed. — The word “mightily” is rendered “sharply” in Judges 8:1; “by force” in 1 Samuel 2:16.