They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
"Was there a shield or spear seen ...?"  (Judges 5:8) "This does not mean that there were no longer any weapons to be found among the Israelites. `Not seen' is not the equivalent of `not found.'"[21] Yes, of course, the Canaanites had done their best to disarm Israel, and no one dared to display a weapon, but Barak's ten thousand men mustered on Mount Tabor were most certainly armed.