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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 4:6

Barak] 'lightning': cp. the Carthaginian name Hamilcar Barca. Kedesh-naphtali] i.e. Kadesh (i.e. the shrine) of Naphtali; now Kades, 4 m. from the upper end of the waters of Merom. Mount Tabor] 1,843 ft. high: it commands the plain of Esdraelon from the NE. Ten thousand men] cp. Judges 3:10; Judges 3:14; Judges 3:29; Judges 5:8, etc. In this chapter only the two tribes Naphtali and Zebulun are mentioned: in Judges 5 as many as six gather to Barak's standard. Naphtali and Zebulun, bordering on the plain, are the most concerned.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַ תִּקְרָא֙ לְ בָרָ֣ק בֶּן

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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