She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, 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?

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  • WEB World English Bible

    She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, 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?

  • KJV King James Version

    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?

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: 'Hath not the LORD, the 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?

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Passages linked to Judges 4:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Acts 13:47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”
  • Judges 8:18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. They all resembled the children of a king.”
  • Hebrews 11:32 What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
  • Joshua 19:32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
  • Joshua 19:37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
  • Joshua 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
  • Psalms 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Judges 5:1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
  • Judges 5:14-18 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun. The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart. Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
  • 1 Samuel 10:3 “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.
  • Psalms 89:12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
  • Isaiah 13:2-5 Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones. The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the army for the battle. They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
  • Jeremiah 46:18 “As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.
  • Hosea 5:1 “Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
  • Joshua 1:9 Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • Judges 4:10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain And revealed unto me by the spirit of prophecy.

And revealed unto me by the spirit of prophecy.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 4:6 And she sent and called Barak the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain She sent and called Barak, by virtue of that…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she sent and called Barak the son of…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Called Barak - By virtue of that power which…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. She sent and called Barak] She appointed…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 4:6. Called Barak — By virtue of that…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The name Barak signifies lightning, an appropriate name for…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Cedes. There was another city of this name in…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain she sent and called Barak--by virtue of her official…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. She sent and called Barak — The prophetess…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. And she sent and called Barak] continues Jdg_4:4.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Barak.—The name means “lightning” (Jos., Antt.), as does…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Kedesh-naphtali, i.e. Kedesh in the tribe of Naphtali, (Jos_19:37)…
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