She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, 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?
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Cedes. There was another city of this name in Juda. Bible.—Barac was of the tribe of Nephthali. Calmet.—The Lord, and so forth Prot. translate, “hath not the Lord?” and so forth as if the will of God had been notified to him before. We find that he make some demur, verse 8. Bible.—Thabor. A city of this name was also built at the foot or on the top of the mountain, and belonged to Zabulon. In it attributed to the Levites, 1 Chronicles 6:77. The mountain rises in the midst of a vast plain, to the height of 30 stadia, (Joseph. Bel. iv. 2. Saint Jerome in Ose. verse 1,) or above 3000 paces, “which make a league, or an hour’s walk.” It is inaccessible on the northern side. There was a platform two-thirds as broad, at the top, where Polybius says a fortified city stood. Antiochus took possession of this strong-place, and Josephus repaired the fortifications, to keep the country in subjection. It is commonly supposed the Jesus Christ was transfigured on this once delightful mountain, which is now a desert. During the crusades, there was an episcopal city and a Benedictine monastery here. Calmet.