Judges 5:18

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16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the pipings for the flocks?
The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.

17 ^aGilead stayed beyond the Jordan,
And why did Dan remain¹ on ships?
^bAsher continued at the seashore,
And stayed by his inlets.

18 ^aZebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

19 “The kings came and fought,
Then the kings of Canaan fought
In ^aTaanach, by the waters of Megiddo;
They took no spoils of silver.

20 They fought from the heavens;
The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Judges 5:18

Zebulun and Naphtali - jeoparded their lives - The original is very emphatic, chereph naphsho lamuth , they desolated their lives to death - they were determined to conquer or die, and therefore plunged into the thickest of the battle. The word jeoparded is a silly French term, and comes from the exclamation of a disappointed gamester: Jeu perdu ! The game is lost; or J' ai perdue ! I have lost.

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