1 And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of
Jehovah, when Ehud was dead. 2 And Jehovah sold them into the hand of
Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was
Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of
Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and
twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at
that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah
and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came
up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam
out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Jehovah, the God of
Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take
with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of
Zebulun? 7 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 thy hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with
me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. 9 And
she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou
takest shall not be for thine honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the
hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And
Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten
thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from
the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent
as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
12 And they told 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 Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up;
for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is
not Jehovah gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and
ten thousand men after him. 15 And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his
chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and
Sisera alighted from 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 by the edge of the sword; 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 he turned in unto
her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 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 And he
said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man
doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou
shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a
hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his
temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep;
so he swooned and died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came
out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom
thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the
tent-pin 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 prevailed more and
more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan.
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