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Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />At Kedesh, Barak called together the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and 10,000 warriors went up with him. Deborah also went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and 10,000 men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And Barak summoned [the fighting men of the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up under his command; Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; 10,000 men followed him, and Deborah also went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />where Barak called together the troops from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand soldiers gathered there, and Barak led them out from Kedesh. Deborah went too. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali together at Kedesh. Ten thousand men went to fight under his command. Deborah also went along with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah went with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Barak called out the army of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to march on Kedesh, and 10,000 men went out to war with him, along with Deborah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; Deborah went up with him as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Barak calls Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goes up—ten thousand men [are] at his feet—and Deborah goes up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet are ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Barak will cry out to Zebulon and Naphtali to Kadesh; and he will go up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah will go up with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he called unto him Zabulon and Nepbtali, and went up with ten thousand fighting men, having Debbora in his company. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he, summoning Zebulun and Naphtali, ascended with ten thousand fighting men, having Deborah in his company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and ten thousand warriors went up behind him; and Deborah went up with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Barak mobilized Zebulun and Naphtali to Rakim; and ten thousand men went up with him; and Deborah also went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Baraq gathered Zebulun and Naphtali to Raqem and ten thousand men came up with him, also Debora went up with him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet; and Deborah went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades, and there went up at his feet ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=1016" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/4.htm">Deborah and Barak</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh, <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1301.htm" title="1301: bā·rāq (N-proper-ms) -- Flash of lightning, an Isr. leader. The same as baraq; Barak, an Israelite.">where he</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: way·yaz·‘êq (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2074.htm" title="2074: zə·ḇū·lun (N-proper-ms) -- Or Zbuluwn; or Zbuwlun; from zabal; habitation; Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe.">Zebulun</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5321.htm" title="5321: nap̄·tā·lî (N-proper-ms) -- From pathal; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">and Naphtali.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6943.htm" title="6943: qeḏ·šāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Sanctuary, the name of several places in Isr. From qadash; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘ă·śe·reṯ (Number-msc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">Ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’al·p̄ê (Number-mpc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: bə·raḡ·lāw (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1683.htm" title="1683: də·ḇō·w·rāh (N-proper-fs) -- Two Isr. women. Or Dborah; the same as dbowrah; Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses.">and Deborah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: wat·ta·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">also went</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-12.htm">Judges 5:12-15</a></span><br />‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’ / Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty. / Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-18.htm">Judges 5:18</a></span><br />Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-34</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-11.htm">1 Samuel 12:11</a></span><br />So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-9.htm">Psalm 83:9</a></span><br />Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-1.htm">1 Samuel 4:1</a></span><br />Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-11</a></span><br />Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. / When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/13-2.htm">1 Samuel 13:2-4</a></span><br />He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home. / Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!” / And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-6.htm">1 Samuel 14:6-14</a></span><br />Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.” / His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” / “Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/10-9.htm">2 Samuel 10:9-14</a></span><br />When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans. / And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites. / “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">2 Kings 13:4-5</a></span><br />Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel. / So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-3.htm">2 Chronicles 13:3-18</a></span><br />Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor. / Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! / Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/4-14.htm">Nehemiah 4:14-20</a></span><br />After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.” / When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall. / And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10-13</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. / Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. / I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.</p><p class="hdg">Zebulun</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Judges 4:6</a></b></br> And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, <i>saying</i>, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-18.htm">Judges 5:18</a></b></br> Zebulun and Naphtali <i>were</i> a people <i>that</i> jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.</p><p class="hdg">at his J</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Judges 5:15</a></b></br> And the princes of Issachar <i>were</i> with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben <i>there were</i> great thoughts of heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/11-8.htm">Exodus 11:8</a></b></br> And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-27.htm">1 Samuel 25:27</a></b></br> And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Barak</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/genesis/49-19.htm">Heels</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Kedesh</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Naphtali</a> <a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Naph'tali</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Zebulun</a> <a href="/judges/1-30.htm">Zeb'ulun</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/4-12.htm">Barak</a> <a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Heels</a> <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Kedesh</a> <a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Naphtali</a> <a href="/judges/5-18.htm">Naph'tali</a> <a href="/judges/7-23.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/judges/4-13.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Zebulun</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Zeb'ulun</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/4-17.htm">Jael kills Sisera</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali.</b><br>Barak, the military leader, called upon the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to join him in battle against the Canaanite forces led by Sisera. These tribes were located in the northern region of Israel, which was under significant oppression from Jabin, the king of Canaan. The choice of these tribes highlights their strategic location and their willingness to respond to the call for deliverance. Historically, these tribes were known for their valor and were often involved in military campaigns (<a href="/genesis/49-13.htm">Genesis 49:13, 21</a>). This summoning reflects the unity and cooperation among the tribes during times of crisis, a recurring theme in the Book of Judges.<p><b>Ten thousand men followed him,</b><br>The number ten thousand signifies a substantial force, indicating the seriousness of the threat posed by Sisera and the Canaanites. This number also suggests a divinely orchestrated plan, as God often uses specific numbers to fulfill His purposes (e.g., Gideon's 300 men in <a href="/judges/7.htm">Judges 7</a>). The willingness of these men to follow Barak demonstrates their faith in God's deliverance and their trust in Barak's leadership. This gathering of troops is reminiscent of other biblical instances where God raises an army to achieve His purposes, such as the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.<p><b>and Deborah also went with him.</b><br>Deborah, a prophetess and judge of Israel, accompanied Barak, signifying her role as a spiritual and moral leader. Her presence underscores the importance of divine guidance in Israel's military endeavors. Deborah's involvement is significant as it highlights the role of women in God's plan, challenging cultural norms of the time. Her leadership is a type of Christ, as she acts as an intercessor and deliverer for her people. Deborah's presence with Barak also fulfills her prophetic word that the victory would be attributed to a woman, foreshadowing the role of Jael later in the chapter.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/barak.htm">Barak</a></b><br>A military leader from the tribe of Naphtali, called by God through Deborah to lead an army against the Canaanite oppressors.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/deborah.htm">Deborah</a></b><br>A prophetess and judge of Israel, who provided spiritual and strategic leadership during a time of oppression.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/z/zebulun_and_naphtali.htm">Zebulun and Naphtali</a></b><br>Two tribes of Israel that responded to Barak's call to arms, demonstrating unity and obedience to God's command.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/k/kedesh.htm">Kedesh</a></b><br>A city of refuge in the territory of Naphtali, serving as the gathering place for Barak's army.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/ten_thousand_men.htm">Ten Thousand Men</a></b><br>The number of soldiers from the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali who followed Barak into battle, signifying a significant mobilization of Israelite forces.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_call.htm">Obedience to God's Call</a></b><br>Barak's response to Deborah's summons demonstrates the importance of obeying God's call, even when the task seems daunting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_among_believers.htm">Unity Among Believers</a></b><br>The cooperation between the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali highlights the power of unity in achieving God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women_in_god's_plan.htm">Role of Women in God's Plan</a></b><br>Deborah's leadership role underscores the significant contributions women can make in God's work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The willingness of ten thousand men to follow Barak into battle exemplifies faith in action, trusting God for victory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_leadership.htm">God's Presence in Leadership</a></b><br>Deborah's presence with Barak symbolizes God's guidance and assurance in leadership roles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_deborah_and_barak_biblically.htm">Who were Deborah and Barak in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_naphtali_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Naphtali?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_judges_4_9_a_later_editorial_addition.htm">Judges 4:9 features a prophecy about Sisera’s defeat by a woman—could this be a later editorial addition that conflicts with the main story? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/judges_12_1-7__unity_or_conflict.htm">Judges 12:1-7 - How does the narrative align with or contradict earlier portrayals of tribal unity and cooperation in Judges?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Called.</span>--The word used is the technical word for summoning an army (<a href="/context/2_samuel/20-4.htm" title="Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be you here present.">2Samuel 20:4-5</a>). Naturally Zebulun and Naphtali would be more difficult to arouse than the central tribes, because, though they felt the oppression most, they would have to bear the brunt of the vengeance in case of defeat. Ephraim and Benjamin (<a href="/judges/5-14.htm" title="Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.">Judges 5:14</a>), being more strong and secure, could raise their contingents without the personal help of Deborah, especially if that view of the chronology be admissible which avoids other difficulties by the difficult supposition that this event took place before the death of Joshua.<p><span class= "bld">Zebulun and Naphtali.</span>--(See <a href="/judges/5-18.htm" title="Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that risked their lives to the death in the high places of the field.">Judges 5:18</a>.) Of course it is only meant that in the first instance the <span class= "ital">leaders </span>of those tribes were invited to a conference, like those of the Swiss on the Rtli in 1307.<p><span class= "bld">At his feet.</span>--That is simply "after him," as it is rendered in <a href="/judges/4-14.htm" title="And Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand: is not the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.">Judges 4:14</a>. (Comp. <a href="/judges/5-15.htm" title="And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.">Judges 5:15</a>; <a href="/judges/8-5.htm" title="And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.">Judges 8:5</a>; <a href="/exodus/11-8.htm" title="And all these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, Get you out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.">Exodus 11:8</a>; <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm" title="And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.">1Kings 20:10</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Called</span>, or rather <span class="accented">gathered together</span>, <span class="accented">as</span> the same word is rendered in ver. 13. <span class="cmt_word">Went up</span>, viz., to Mount Tabor, as in vers. 6 and 12. Translate the verse. <span class="accented">There went up ten thousand men at his feet</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> following him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">where he</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרָ֜ק</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1301.htm">Strong's 1301: </a> </span><span class="str2">Barak -- 'flash of lightning', an Israelite leader</span><br /><br /><span class="word">summoned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּזְעֵ֨ק</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaz·‘êq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Zebulun</span><br /><span class="heb">זְבוּלֻ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḇū·lun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2074.htm">Strong's 2074: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zebulun -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Naphtali;</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְתָּלִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·tā·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5321.htm">Strong's 5321: </a> </span><span class="str2">Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śe·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thousand</span><br /><span class="heb">אַלְפֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’al·p̄ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֑ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">followed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֣עַל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרַגְלָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·raḡ·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Deborah</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבוֹרָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1683.htm">Strong's 1683: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deborah -- two Israelite women</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֥עַל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him.</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/4-10.htm">Judges 4:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/4-10.htm">OT History: Judges 4:10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together (Jd Judg. 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