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She sent word to Abinoam’s son Barak from Kedesh-naphtali, summoning him. She asked him, “The Lord God of Israel has commanded you, hasn’t he? He told you,[a] ‘Go out, march to Mount Tabor, and take 10,000 men with you from the tribes[b] of Naphtali and Zebulun. I will draw out Sisera, the commanding officer of Jabin’s army, along with his chariots and troops, to the Kishon River, where I will drop him right into your hands.’”

“If you’ll go with me, I’ll go,” Barak replied. “But if you won’t go with me, then I’m not going.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:6 The Heb. lacks He told you
  2. Judges 4:6 Lit. children

She sent for Barak son of Abinoam(A) from Kedesh(B) in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali(C) and Zebulun(D) and lead them up to Mount Tabor.(E) I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s(F) army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River(G) and give him into your hands.(H)’”

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

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