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Judges 4:13
ESV Sisera called out all his chariots, 900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.
NIV Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.
NASB Sisera summoned all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.
CSB Sisera summoned all his nine hundred iron chariots and all the troops who were with him from Harosheth of the Nations to the Wadi Kishon.
NLT he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.
KJV And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
NKJV So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

What does Judges 4:13 mean?

Sisera has been informed that Barak has amassed troops and gathered for battle at Mount Tabor. In response, the commander of Canaan's army has called out his own troops, along with his 900 iron chariots. These are the same chariots that gave Canaan the tactical advantage when Canaan defeated and enslaved Israel twenty years earlier (Judges 4:1–3). At that time, though, the Lord allowed Israel to be defeated. Now, God will give Israel the victory over these same chariots.

Sisera sends his army, and the chariots, east through the Jezreel Valley toward the Kishon River, near Mount Tabor and the waiting Israelites. The exact location of this battle turns out to be key to Israel's victory. Later explanations imply an unexpected flood in this area. This would not only have drowned some of the Canaanites, but it would have turned the terrain into muck, and mobile iron chariots into immobile death traps (Judges 5:21).
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