Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.<n id="1" />

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away<n id="1" /> from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses&#8217; father-in-law. He lived<n id="2" /> near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.p>

then whoever is the first to come through<n id="1" /> the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites &#8211; he<n id="2" /> will belong to the <sc>Lordsc> and<n id="3" /> I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.&#8221;

But his master said to him, &#8220;We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live.<n id="1" /> We will travel on to Gibeah.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">She summoned<n id="1" /> Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, &#8220;Is it not true that the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

She said to him, &#8220;My father, since<n id="1" /> you made an oath to the <sc>Lordsc>, do to me as you promised.<n id="2" /> After all, the <sc>Lordsc> vindicated you before<n id="3" /> your enemies, the Ammonites.&#8221;

So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors<n id="1" /> against Jabesh Gilead.<n id="2" /> They commanded them, &#8220;Go and kill with your swords<n id="3" /> the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.