Judges 4:14

is not the Lord gone out before thee? i.e. to battle. Jehovah was believed to -come forth" from His place on Sinai to fight for Israel (Judges 5:4 f.), or to march against Israel's enemies with the ark as His symbol (Numbers 10:35), or to be Israel's leader in battle (2 Samuel 5:24; cf. Habakkuk 3:13; Zechariah 14:3; Psalms 44:9). The belief in Jehovah as -a man of war" was characteristic of this period, Exodus 15:3; cf. Psalms 24:8.

went down front mount Tabor The sudden rush down the hill threw Sisera's forces into confusion and rendered his chariots useless. The Jews of a later day (a.d. 67) attempted by the same means to overwhelm the Roman cavalry dispatched by Vespasian, but without success; Jos., Wariv. 1, 8. In the Song, the river Kishon plays a part in the tragedy not mentioned in the tradition as given here.