Judges 4:6

Abinoam Barak Naphtali Zebulun Kedesh-naphtali Mount Tabor

⁴ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

⁵ And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

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.

⁷ And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

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.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
WEB: She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
ASV: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
DARBY: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and said to him, Hath not Jehovah the God of Israel commanded? Go and draw towards mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun,
BLB: And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh of Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not YHWH, God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and draw out at Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun,

ÅB: Hun sendte bud og kalte til seg Barak, Abinoams sønn, fra Kedes i Naftali og sa til ham: Hør hva Herren, Israels Gud, har befalt: Gå av sted og dra opp på Tabor-fjellet og ta med deg ti tusen mann av Naftalis barn og av Sebulons barn!
OTB: Hun sendte bud etter Barak, Abinoams sønn, fra Kedesj i Naftali, og sa til ham: “Herren, Israels Gud, befaler deg: ‘Gå, ta med deg ti tusen menn fra Naftali og Sebulon og før dem opp til Taborfjellet.
B1930: Hun sendte bud og kalte til sig Barak, Abinoams sønn, fra Kedes i Naftali og sa til ham: Hør hvad Herren, Israels Gud, har befalt: Gå av sted og dra op på Tabor-fjellet og ta med dig ti tusen mann av Naftalis barn og av Sebulons barn!

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Cross references

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.’”
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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.”
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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,
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Joshua 19:32
The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
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Joshua 19:37
Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
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Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
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Judges 5:14–18
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.
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