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 Living Translation (NLT)When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Context of Judges 4:12

10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him. 11Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh. And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon. 14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shewedנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Siseraסִיסְרָאsîyserâ' · SiseraH5516
• that Barakבָּרָקbârâq · BarakH1301
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Abinoamאֲבִינֹ֫עַם'ăbîynô‛am · AbinoamH42
• was gone upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Taborתָּבוֹרtâbôr · (Mount) TaborH8396

People and places in Judges 4:12

• Abinoam
• Barak
• Sisera
• Tabor Mount

Cross-references for Judges 4:12

• Judges 4:6Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;
• Joshua 19:12Then from Sarid it went eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward Daberath, bypassing Japhia.
• Psalms 89:12The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
• Jeremiah 46:18“As I live,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, “Surely as Tabor is among the mountains And as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

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