Jueces 4:11

11 Ahora bien, Heber el ceneo, un descendiente de Hobab, cuñado
de Moisés, se había separado de los demás miembros de su tribu y armó su carpa junto al roble de Zaanaim, cerca de Cedes.

Jueces 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:11

Now Heber the Kenite
A descendant of Kain, a principal man among the Midianites; the Targum calls him the Salmaean:

[which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses;
who came along with the children of Israel through the wilderness into the land of Canaan, and first settled about Jericho, and then removed into the wilderness of Judah, ( Judges 1:16 ) ;

had severed himself from the Kenites;
which dwelt in the said wilderness; to whom he belonged when this separation was made, and on what account is not certain. Abarbinel thinks that it was done now, and with a design to help Israel, that hearing Barak was gone up to Mount Tabor, and seeing Sisera prepared to fight with him, he made as if he was disgusted with his own people, and separated from them, that Jabin, with whom he was at peace, might the more confide in him; when it was out of love to Israel, and with a view to assist them, as occasion should offer, that he removed; but this is not very likely, as these Kenites were a people that kept themselves from meddling with military affairs as much as possible:

and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh:
for these people dwelt in tents as the Midianites did, from whence they sprung, and as the Scenite Arabs; and yet near to cities, as here, and in places fit for the pasturage of their cattle, in which they were chiefly employed, and here pitched upon a plain where were fields and meadows: the Targum calls it a plain of pools, where were pools of water for the watering of their flocks; or rather it might be rendered the oak or grove of oaks of Zaanaim, the same with Alonzaanannim, (See Gill on Joshua 19:33). This place lay between Harosheth of the Gentiles, from whence Sisera came, and Mount Tabor, where Barak was. This little piece of history is inserted here, partly to account for it that there should be any Kenites here, when we are told before they settled in the wilderness of Judah, and partly on account of the following narrative of Sisera being slain by this man's wife.

Jueces 4:11 In-Context

9 —Muy bien —dijo ella—, iré contigo. Pero tú no recibirás honra en esta misión, porque la victoria del Señor
sobre Sísara quedará en manos de una mujer.
Así que Débora fue con Barac a Cedes.

10 En Cedes, Barac reunió a las tribus de Zabulón y de Neftalí, y diez mil guerreros subieron con él. Débora también lo acompañó.

11 Ahora bien, Heber el ceneo, un descendiente de Hobab, cuñado
de Moisés, se había separado de los demás miembros de su tribu y armó su carpa junto al roble de Zaanaim, cerca de Cedes.

12 Cuando le dijeron a Sísara que Barac, hijo de Abinoam, había subido al monte Tabor,

13 mandó llamar a sus novecientos carros de guerra hechos de hierro y a todos sus guerreros, y marcharon desde Haroset-goim hasta el río Cisón.