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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Judges 5:21

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the river of Kishon swept them away--The enemy was defeated near "the waters of Megiddo"--the sources and side streams of the Kishon: they that fled had to cross the deep and marshy bed of the torrent, but the Lord had sent a heavy rain--the waters suddenly rose--the warriors fell into the quicksands, and sinking deep into them, were drowned or washed into the sea [VAN DE VELDE].
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