Judges 4:13

13 So Sisera gathered together his 900 chariots that had some iron parts. He also gathered all of his men together. He brought them from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.

Judges 4:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:13

And Sisera gathered together all his chariots
Or "therefore" he gathered them together, which might lie some in one place, and some in another, for the better quartering of the men that belonged to them:

[even] nine hundred chariots of iron;
and which, as before observed, are magnified by Josephus, and made to be three thousand;

and all the people that [were] with him;
his soldiers, Jabin's army, of which he was captain, and are called a multitude, ( Judges 4:7 ) ; and which, the above writer says ^F8, consisted of three hundred thousand foot, and ten thousand horse, besides the iron chariots: these he collected together, and brought with him,

from Harosheth of the Gentiles;
the place where he resided with his army, ( Judges 4:2 ) ;

unto the river of Kishon;
which was near Mount Tabor, the rendezvous of Barak and his men, see ( Judges 4:6 Judges 4:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 1.)

Judges 4:13 In-Context

11 Heber, the Kenite, had left the other Kenites. They came from the family line of Hobab. He was the brother-in-law of Moses. Heber set up his tent by the large tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

12 Sisera was told that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13 So Sisera gathered together his 900 chariots that had some iron parts. He also gathered all of his men together. He brought them from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! Today the LORD will hand Sisera over to you. Hasn't the LORD gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor. His 10,000 men followed him.

15 As Barak's men marched out, the LORD drove Sisera away from the field of battle. He scattered all of Sisera's chariots. Barak's men struck down Sisera's army with their swords. Sisera left his chariot behind. He ran away on foot.