Judges 4:7

"She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?"

Key Reflection

In Judges 4:7, Deborah sends Barak from Kedesh Naphtali to mobilize an army for a significant battle against Sisera, the Canaanite commander. This command was directly from the LORD, emphasizing God’s active role in directing military campaigns and highlighting the strategic importance of Mount Tabor as a point of deployment. The involvement of ten thousand men from both Naphtali and Zebulun underscores the broad coalition gathered under Deborah's leadership, illustrating how various tribes could unite for a common cause despite potential internal divisions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The brook or stream Kishon (Nahr Mukutta), so called from its winding course, caused by the dead level of the plain of Esdraelon through which it flows, rises, in respect to one of its sources or feeders, in Mount Tabor, and flows nearly due west through the plain, under Mount Carmel, and into the Bay of Acre. In the early or eastern part of its course, before it is recruited by the springs on Carmel, it is nothing but a torrent, often dry, but liable to swell very suddenly and dangerously, and to overflow its banks in early spring, after rain or the melting of snow.

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