Judges 4
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Judges 4:6-16

6Now she sent word and summoned 1Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “2The Lord, the God of Israel, has indeed commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun. 7I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his 3many troops to the river Kishon, and 4I will hand him over to you.’” 8Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9She said, “I will certainly go with you; however, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, 5for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10Barak summoned 6Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up 78with him; Deborah also went up with him.

11Now Heber 9the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the 10father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the 11oak in 12Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

12Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13Sisera summoned all his chariots, 13nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from 14Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. 14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day on which the Lord has handed Sisera over to you; 15behold, 16the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 1517And the Lord 18routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot. 16But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; 19not even one was left.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 4:6 Heb 11:32 ↩
  2. 2. Judges 4:6 Lit Has the Lord not commanded...? ↩
  3. 3. Judges 4:7 Lit multitude ↩
  4. 4. Judges 4:7 Ps 83:9 ↩
  5. 5. Judges 4:9 Judg 4:21 ↩
  6. 6. Judges 4:10 Judg 5:18 ↩
  7. 7. Judges 4:10 Lit at his feet ↩
  8. 8. Judges 4:10 Judg 4:14; 5:15 ↩
  9. 9. Judges 4:11 Judg 1:16 ↩
  10. 10. Judges 4:11 Another reading is brother-in-law ↩
  11. 11. Judges 4:11 Or terebinth ↩
  12. 12. Judges 4:11 Josh 19:33 ↩
  13. 13. Judges 4:13 Judg 4:3 ↩
  14. 14. Judges 4:13 Judg 4:2 ↩
  15. 15. Judges 4:14 Lit has the Lord not gone...? ↩
  16. 16. Judges 4:14 Deut 9:3; 2 Sam 5:24; Ps 68:7 ↩
  17. 17. Judges 4:15 Deut 7:23; Josh 10:10 ↩
  18. 18. Judges 4:15 Lit confused ↩
  19. 19. Judges 4:16 Ex 14:28; Ps 83:9 ↩

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