10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh , and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites , from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses , and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim , which is near Kedesh . 12 Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor . 13 Sisera called together all his chariots , nine hundred iron chariots , and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim e to the river Kishon . 14 Deborah said to Barak , "Arise ! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands ; behold , the Lord has gone out before you." So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 The Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak ; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot . 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim e , and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword ; not even one was left .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 4:10-16
Commentary on Judges 4:10-16.
(Read Judges 4:10-16.)
Siser's confidence was chiefly in his chariots. But if we have ground to hope that God goes before us, we may go on with courage and cheerfulness. Be not dismayed at the difficulties thou meetest with in resisting Satan, in serving God, or suffering for him; for is not the Lord gone before thee? Follow him then fully. Barak went down, though upon the plain the iron chariots would have advantage against him: he quitted the mountain in dependence on the Divine power; for in the Lord alone is the salvation of his people, Jeremiah 3:23. He was not deceived in his confidence. When God goes before us in our spiritual conflicts, we must bestir ourselves; and when, by his grace, he gives us some success against the enemies of our souls, we must improve it by watchfulness and resolution.