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God's Purpose, Human Actions
Commentators stress that while this verse credits God with the victory, it does not mean God endorses the deceitful and cruel methods Jael used. Scholars explain that God can sovereignly work through flawed human actions to accomplish His purposes without approving of the sin involved in those actions.
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 4:23
19th Century
Bishop
So God subdued. —The word used for God is here Elohim, while Jehovah occurs through the rest of the narrative. W…
John Gill
On Judges 4:23
17th Century
Pastor
So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the
children, of Israel .
Free…
Matthew Henry
On Judges 4:17–24
17th Century
Minister
Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on created things; like a broken reed, it not only br…