Judges 4:6-7

6 She sent and summoned ¹Barak the son of Abinoam from ²Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount ³Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.

7 And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by ⁴the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, ⁵and I will give him into your hand’? ”

Judges 4:6-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 4

This chapter shows how that Israel sinning was delivered into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, by whom they were oppressed twenty years, Jud 4:1-3; and that Deborah and Barak consulted together about their deliverance, Jud 4:4-9; and that Barak, encouraged by Deborah, gathered some forces and fought Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, whom he met, and obtained a victory over, Jud 4:10-15; who fleeing on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, was received into it, and slain by her while asleep in it, Jud 4:16-22; which issued in a complete deliverance of the children of Israel, Jud 4:23,24.

Cross References

• 1. 4:6 Heb. 11:32
• 2. 4:6 Josh. 19:37
• 3. 4:6 ch. 8:18
• 4. 4:7 ver. 13; ch. 5:21; 1 Kgs. 18:40; Ps. 83:9
• 5. 4:7 See ch. 3:28