Judges 4:13

13 he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched 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 Now Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab, had moved away from the other members of his tribe and pitched his tent by the oak of Zaanannim near Kedesh.

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

13 he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the LORD will give you victory over Sisera, for the LORD is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.

15 When Barak attacked, the LORD threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.