Judges 4:12

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

Judges 4:12 in Other Translations

12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

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

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

12 They told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

12 It was reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor.

Judges 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:12

And they showed Sisera
Either some of the Canaanites that dwelt near Tabor, or some spies that Sisera had out; though some think the Kenites told him, who were at peace with Jabin, ( Judges 4:17 ) ; yet whether out of good will or ill will cannot be said: however, so it was ordered by the providence of God, that by some means or another Sisera should be informed

that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor;
and no doubt at the same time he was told the number of men that went with him; from whence he might well conclude, that such a warlike man, with such a force collected together, and having posted himself in an high and strong mountain, must have some design to cause a revolt of Israel from Jabin his prince.

Judges 4:12 In-Context

10 There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

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

13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 19:22