Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 4:6

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali , and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded , saying, Go, and draw toward mount Tabor , and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali, and of the children of Zebulun ?

By vertue of that power which God had given her, and the people owned in her.

So called, to distinguish it from other places of that name, one in Iudah, Ios. 15. 23. and another in Issachar, 1 Chron. 6. 72.

i. e. Assuredly God hath commanded thee; this is not the fancy of a weak Woman, which peradventure thou maist despise; but the Command of the great God by my Mouth: Which Command of God, and the following assurance of Success, the might either g[illegible: 1+ letters]her from the general rules of Scripture, and the common course of Gods gracious Providence, which was always ready to succour them when they cryed to God; or receive by instinct or direction from God.

Or, go; for so this word is oft used, as Gen. 37. 28. Iudg. 20▪ 37. Iob [illegible: 1 word]. 33. Heb. [illegible: 1 word], to wit, thy self, or thy feet.

A place most fit for his purpose, as being in the borders of divers Tribes, and having a large Plain at the top of it, where he might conveniently Marshal and Discipline his Army.

The[illegible: 1+ letters]e she names, partly, because they were nearest and best known to Barak, and therefore soonest brought together; partly, because they were nearest to the Enemy, and therefore must speedily be Assembled, or else they were likely to be hindred in their Design, whilst the other Tribes being at more distance, had better opportunity of gathering Forces for their succour; and partly, because these had most smarted under this Oppressor, who was in the heart of their Countrey, and therefore were most forward in the present Service; but these are not named exclusively, as appears by the concurrence of some other Tribes, as is re [illegible: 1+ letters]ed Iudg. 5.

Marginal references: Heb. 11. 32.