Judges 4:10

10 Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and {they went up behind him}, ten thousand men, and Deborah went up with him.

Judges 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:10

And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh
This he did either by the sound of a trumpet, as Ehud did, or by sending messengers to them to collect ten thousand men from among them, which they accordingly did, and came to him in Kedesh:

and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet;
they following him up to Mount Tabor cheerfully and readily, being all footmen; for the Israelites had no cavalry, and yet got the victory over Sisera's army, which, according to Josephus ^F7, had ten thousand horses in it:

and Deborah went up with him;
and his ten thousand footmen, to the top of Mount Tabor, to encourage him and them with her presence, and give her best advice when to descend and engage the enemy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 1.

Judges 4:10 In-Context

8 Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I will go; but if you do not go with me, I will not go."

9 She said, "Surely I will go with you; however, there will be no glory for you in {the path you are taking}, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into [the] hand of a woman." And Deborah stood up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

10 Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and {they went up behind him}, ten thousand men, and Deborah went up with him.

11 And Heber the Kenite [was] separated from [the other] Kenites, [that is], from the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses. And {he was encamped} at Elon-bezaanannim, which [is] near Kedesh.

12 When they reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "they went up in his feet"