Judges 4:12

Judges 4:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
• New International Version (NIV)When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

Context of Judges 4:12

10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him. 11Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh. When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor, 13he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon. 14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 4:12 word by word

וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י עָלָ֛ה בָּרָ֥ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֖עַם הַר־תָּבֽוֹר׃ סRead the interlinear

• When Siseraסִיסְרָאsîyserâ' · SiseraH5516
• was toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Barakבָּרָקbârâq · BarakH1301
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Abinoamאֲבִינֹ֫עַם'ăbîynô‛am · AbinoamH42
• had gone upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• Mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Taborתָּבוֹרtâbôr · (Mount) TaborH8396

Cross-references for Judges 4:12

• Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
• Joshua 19:12From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
• Psalms 89:12North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
• Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

Commentaries on Judges 4:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 Siser's confidence was chiefly in his chariots. But if we have ground to hope that God goes before us, we may go on with courage and cheerfulness. Be not dismayed at the difficulties thou meetest with in resisting Satan, in serving God, or suffering for him; for is not the Lord gone before thee? Follow him then fully. Barak went down, though upon the plain the iron chariots would have advantage against him: he quitted the mountain in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13When Barak gathered his troops, Sisera walked into the Lord's trap. He led his chariots to the Jezreel Valley, moving along the Kishon River where wheeled vehicles could move easily.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171. The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead--The removal of the zealous judge Ehud again left his infatuated countrymen without the restraint of religion.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 4:12

• Canaanites
• Deborah
• Hypocrisy
• Tabor

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Commentaries on Judges 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings