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Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon.
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Verse 13. Cison. Part of this torrent falls into the Mediterranean, and part into the sea of Tiberias. It rises from Mount Thabor, (which is about two hour’s walk, south-west of Nazareth) and from Gelboa, and so forth Menochius.—Here Sisara displayed his immense army, if we may credit Josephus, Jonathan, and so forth But the Scripture only specifies 900 chariots of iron. Calmet.—Whence, however, we may conclude that his horse and foot would be very formidable. Yet all were presently routed by the small company of Barac, who had God for his leader, verse 14. Bible.
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