1. Juges 5:14–18 (NEG79)
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Does the poem differ from the prose account regarding the number of tribes involved in the coalition against Sisera?

Juges 5:14–18 (NEG79)

14 D'Ephraïm arrivèrent les habitants d'Amalek.A ta suite marcha Benjamin parmi ta troupe.De Makir vinrent des chefs,Et de Zabulon des commandants.

On the surface it seems that chapter Judges 5 differs from Judges 4 on this point. Judges 4:1–24 mentions only Naphtali and Zebulun (Judges 4:6, Judges 4:10), while the poem adds Ephraim, Benjamin, Machir, and Issachar (Judges 5:15).