a prophetess. Not therefore a "judge "in the strict sense of the title. Like Miriam, Exo_15:20; Huldah, 2Ki_22:14. Compare her prophecy in verses: Jdg_4:7, Jdg_4:9.
she. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and she". Note the two women connected with Barak, Deborah and Jael, verses: Jdg_4:17-21. See note on Jdg_4:17, and Compare Jdg_5:7, Jdg_5:11, Jdg_5:24, Jdg_5:30.
at that time. Yet Israel was "mightily oppressed", contrary to Jdg_2:18. The words "she judged" state a fact: but do they imply a Divine appointment to the office? She was "a prophetess", but was she "a judge" in the proper sense of the word?