Judges 4:12
in Judges 4When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
KJV
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
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This verse in Judges 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
they shewed Sisera that Barak
on Judges 4:12-13
Sisera hears and brings every chariot he has down from Harosheth to the Kishon, which puts iron wheels into a riverbed at the foot of Tabor. The prose account gives no reason for what becomes of them, and the song in chapter 5 gives two: 5:20 says the stars in their courses fought against Sisera, and 5:21 says the river of Kishon swept them away. Both accounts of the one battle stand in the book, the narrative keeping the mechanism out of sight while the poem names it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they showed Sisera,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Elon Betza'anayim. The marshland plain. 8 This is Targum Yonasan’s rendition. A plateau area with marshes, "mariscum", "morass" in old French.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
From Charoshes Hagoyim to Kishon stream. He mobilized them to proceed to the stream of Kishon from Charoshes Hagoyim where he was stationed.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ | vaiyagidu | and people told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א | lesisera' | to Sisera | H5516 → | 21 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָלָ֛ה | ʾalah | he had gone up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בָּרָ֥ק | barak | Barak | H1301 → | 13 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲבִינֹ֖עַם | ʾavinoam | Abinoam | H42 → | 4 times |
| הַר־ | har- | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| תָּבֽוֹר׃ ס | tavor | Tabor | H8396 → | 10 times |
וַיַּגִּ֖דוּand people told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לְסִֽיסְרָ֑אto Sisera
lesisera'H5516 →21 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
עָלָ֛הhe had gone up
ʾalahH5927 →890 times
בָּרָ֥קBarak
barakH1301 →13 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֲבִינֹ֖עַםAbinoam
ʾavinoamH42 →4 times
הַר־[the] mountain of
har-H2022 →546 times
תָּבֽוֹר׃ סTabor
tavorH8396 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:22
The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Judges 4:6
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 48:15
Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Joshua 19:22
Through
Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…
it leads to
- Acts 13:47
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Judges 8:18
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
- Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
- Joshua 19:32
The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
- Joshua 19:37
Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
- Acts 13:47
Where this verse is studied
About Judges
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.