And I will draw unto thee
Which are the words of the Lord by Deborah, as are the preceding,
signifying, that by the secret and powerful influence of his
providence he would so order things, and the circumstances of
them; and so powerfully operate on the mind and heart of the
Canaanitish general as to engage him to come
to the river Kishon, Sisera the captain of Jabin's army,
with his
chariots, and his multitude;
called the ancient river, the river Kishon, ( Judges 5:21 ) .
According to Mr. Maundrell F3, the fountain of it was near
the valley, at the bottom of Mount Tabor, where Barak was to have
his army in readiness to attack Sisera; and which river,
according to the same traveller F4 cuts his way down the middle
of the plain of and then continuing his course close by the side
of Mount Carmel, falls into the sea at a place called with which
agrees the account of Mr. Sandys F5, says it flows from the
mountains of Tabor and Hermon, and, gliding by the north skirts
of Carmel, discharges itself into the sea. This river is supposed
to be the Chorsaeus of Ptolemy F6: hither the Lord in his
providence would incline the mind of Sisera to come with his
large army and chariots, and give Barak an opportunity to fall
upon him:
and I will deliver him into thine hand;
not his person only, but his numerous hosts, and his nine hundred
chariots.
F3 Journey from Aleppo p. 115.
F4 Ib. p. 57.
F5 Travels, l. 3. p. 158. Ed. 5.
F6 Geograph. l. 5. c. 15.