River Kishon
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Named at Judges 4:7, in the LORD’s words that Deborah quotes to Barak: “I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.” At 4:13 Sisera gathers 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, and at 5:21 the song says, “The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.” 1 Kings 18:40 says that Elijah said, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!”, that they seized them, and that Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
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- 1KI 18:40, engwebp
40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
- JDG 4:6–10, engwebp
6She 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?
7I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
- JDG 4:12–16, engwebp
12They told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
13Sisera 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.
14Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t the LORD gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15The LORD confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet.
16But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.
- JDG 5:19–23, engwebp
19“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
20From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
- PSA 83:1–18, engwebp
1A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
2For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
4“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
5For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
10who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
13My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.
14As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
15so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
16Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.
17Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Kishon” by name and 5 shared verses. The leading identification is Kishon River (confidence 854 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.
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- Kishon River
OpenBible.info confidence 854 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.81667, 35.03333
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Kishon” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (2) — The LORD confuses Sisera and all his army before Barak, Elijah brings the prophets of Baal down to the brook Kishon and kills them there
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: River Kishon (place-kishon) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/kishon Current wording: Named at Judges 4:7, in the LORD’s words that Deborah quotes to Barak: “I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.” At 4:13 Sisera gathers 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, and at 5:21 the song says, “The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.” 1 Kings 18:40 says that Elijah said, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!”, that they seized them, and that Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there. Cited evidence: 1KI 18:40, engwebp / JDG 4:6–10, engwebp / JDG 4:12–16, engwebp / JDG 5:19–23, engwebp / PSA 83:1–18, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.