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And the
children of Israel again did evil in the sight of
the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
02 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin
king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the
captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in
Harosheth of the Gentiles.
03 And the children of Israel cried unto the
Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron;
and twenty years he mightily oppressed the
children of Israel.
04 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of
Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
05 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah
between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and
the children of Israel came up to her for
judgment.
06 And she sent and called Barak the son of
Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him,
Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded,
saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take
with thee ten thousand men of the children of
Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
07 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon
Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his
chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver
him into thine hand.
08 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with
me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with
me, then I will not go.
09 And she said, I will surely go with thee:
notwithstanding the journey that thou takest
shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall
sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah
arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to
Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at
his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the
children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had
severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his
tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by
Kedesh.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of
Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 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.
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14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is
the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera
into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before
thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and
ten thousand men after him.
15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his
chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the
sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down
off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and
after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles:
and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of
the sword; and there was not a man left.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the
tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for
there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor
and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said
unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear
not. And when he had turned in unto her into the
tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a
little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she
opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and
covered him.
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of
the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come
and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man
here? that thou shalt say, No.
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the
tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went
softly unto him, and smote the nail into his
temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he
was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael
came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come,
and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest.
And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera
lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of
Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel
prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king
of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan.
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