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Judges 4:10

BarakDeborahNaphtaliZebulunKedesh

8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

9 “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,

where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

11 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.

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

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BSB
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
KJV
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.
WEB
Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and there went up at his feet ten thousand men; and Deborah went up with him.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Og Barak stevnet Sebulon og Naftali sammen til Kedes, og ti tusen mann dro opp etter ham; og Debora gikk med ham.
OTB
Barak kalte Sebulon og Naftali til Kedesj, og ti tusen menn dro opp med ham; Debora fulgte også med ham.
B1930
Og Barak stevnet Sebulon og Naftali sammen til Kedes, og ti tusen mann drog op efter ham; og Debora gikk med ham.

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  • Judges 5:18

    Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

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  • Judges 5:15

    The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:27

    Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

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  • Exodus 11:8

    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.

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  • Judges 4:14

    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

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  • 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 thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

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  • 1 Kings 20:11

    And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

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