Key Verse Spotlight
Judges 5:18 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Zebulun and Naphtali {were} a people {that} jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. {jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach}”
Judges 5:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben {there were} great searchings of heart. {For: or, In}
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. {shore: or, port} {breaches: or, creeks}
Zebulun and Naphtali {were} a people {that} jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. {jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach}
The kings came {and} fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. {courses: Heb. paths}
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