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Verse 1

And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} again{H3254} did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} when Ehud{H164} was dead.{H4191}

Verse 2

And Jehovah{H3068} sold{H4376} them into the hand{H3027} of Jabin{H2985} king{H4428} of Canaan,{H3667} that reigned{H4427} in Hazor;{H2674} the captain{H8269} of whose host{H6635} was Sisera,{H5516} who lived{H3427} in Harosheth{H2800} of the Nations.{H1471}

Verse 3

And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H6817} unto Jehovah:{H3068} for he had nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron;{H1270} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} he mightily{H2394} oppressed{H3905} the sons{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 4

Now Deborah,{H1683} a prophetess,{H5031} the wife{H802} of Lappidoth,{H3941} she judged{H8199} Israel{H3478} at that time.{H6256}

Verse 5

And she lived{H3427} under the palm-tree{H8560} of Deborah{H1683} between Ramah{H7414} and Beth-el{H1008} in the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim:{H669} and the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came up{H5927} to her for judgment.{H4941}

Verse 6

And she sent{H7971} and called{H7121} Barak{H1301} the son{H1121} of Abinoam{H42} out of Kedesh-naphtali,{H6943} and said{H559} unto him, Has not Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} commanded,{H6680} [saying], Go{H3212} and draw{H4900} unto mountain{H2022} Tabor,{H8396} and take{H3947} with you ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H376} of the sons{H1121} of Naphtali{H5321} and of the sons{H1121} of Zebulun?{H2074}

Verse 7

And I will draw{H4900} unto you, to the river{H5158} Kishon,{H7028} Sisera,{H5516} the captain{H8269} of Jabin's{H2985} army,{H6635} with his chariots{H7393} and his multitude;{H1995} and I will deliver{H5414} him into your hand.{H3027}

Verse 8

And Barak{H1301} said{H559} unto her, If you will go{H3212} with me, then I will go;{H1980} but if you will not go{H3212} with me, I will not go.{H3212}

Verse 9

And she said,{H559} I will surely{H1980} go{H3212} with you: nevertheless,{H657} the journey{H1870} that you take{H1980} shall not be for your honor;{H8597} for Jehovah{H3068} will sell{H4376} Sisera{H5516} into the hand{H3027} of a woman.{H802} And Deborah{H1683} arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} with Barak{H1301} to Kedesh.{H6943}

Verse 10

And Barak{H1301} called{H2199} Zebulun{H2074} and Naphtali{H5321} together to Kedesh;{H6943} and there went up{H5927} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H376} at his feet:{H7272} and Deborah{H1683} went up{H5927} with him.

Verse 11

Now Heber{H2268} the Kenite{H7017} had separated{H6504} himself from the Kenites,{H7017} even from the sons{H1121} of Hobab{H2246} the brother-in-law{H2859} of Moses,{H4872} and had pitched{H5186} his tent{H168} as far as the oak{H436} in Zaanannim,{H6815} which is by Kedesh.{H6943}

Verse 12

And they told{H5046} Sisera{H5516} that Barak{H1301} the son{H1121} of Abinoam{H42} was gone up{H5927} to mountain{H2022} Tabor.{H8396}

Verse 13

And Sisera{H5516} gathered together{H2199} all his chariots,{H7393} even nine{H8672} hundred{H3967} chariots{H7393} of iron,{H1270} and all the people{H5971} that were with him, from Harosheth{H2800} of the Nations,{H1471} unto the river{H5158} Kishon.{H7028}

Verse 14

And Deborah{H1683} said{H559} unto Barak,{H1301} Up;{H6965} for this is the day{H3117} in which Jehovah{H3068} has delivered{H5414} Sisera{H5516} into your hand;{H3027} is not Jehovah{H3068} gone out{H3318} before{H6440} you? So Barak{H1301} went down{H3381} from mountain{H2022} Tabor,{H8396} and ten{H6235} thousand{H505} men{H376} after{H310} him.

Verse 15

And Jehovah{H3068} defeated{H2000} Sisera,{H5516} and all his chariots,{H7393} and all his host,{H4264} with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719} before{H6440} Barak;{H1301} and Sisera{H5516} alighted from{H3381} his chariot,{H4818} and fled away{H5127} on his feet.{H7272}

Verse 16

But Barak{H1301} pursued{H7291} after{H310} the chariots,{H7393} and after the host,{H4264} unto Harosheth{H2800} of the Nations:{H1471} and all the host{H4264} of Sisera{H5516} fell{H5307} by the edge{H6310} of the sword;{H2719} there was not a man{H259} left.{H7604}

Verse 17

But Sisera{H5516} fled away{H5127} on his feet{H7272} to the tent{H168} of Jael{H3278} the wife{H802} of Heber{H2268} the Kenite;{H7017} for there was peace{H7965} between Jabin{H2985} the king{H4428} of Hazor{H2674} and the house{H1004} of Heber{H2268} the Kenite.{H7017}

Verse 18

And Jael{H3278} went out{H3318} to meet{H7125} Sisera,{H5516} and said{H559} unto him, Turn in,{H5493} my lord,{H113} turn in{H5493} to me; fear{H3372} not. And he turned in{H5493} unto her into the tent,{H168} and she covered{H3680} him with a rug.{H8063}

Verse 19

And he said{H559} unto her, Give me, I pray you, a little{H4592} water{H4325} to drink;{H8248} for I am thirsty.{H6770} And she opened{H6605} a bottle{H4997} of milk,{H2461} and gave him drink,{H8248} and covered{H3680} him.

Verse 20

And he said{H559} unto her, Stand in{H5975} the door{H6607} of the tent,{H168} and it shall be, when any man{H376} does come{H935} and inquire{H7592} of you, and say,{H559} Is there{H3426} any man{H376} here?{H3426} that you shall say,{H559} No.

Verse 21

Then Jael{H3278} Heber's{H2268} wife{H802} took{H3947} a tent -{H168} pin,{H3489} and took{H7760} a hammer{H4718} in her hand,{H3027} and went{H935} softly{H3814} unto him, and struck{H8628} the pin{H3489} into his temples,{H7541} and it pierced through into{H6795} the ground;{H776} for he was in a deep sleep;{H7290} so he swooned{H5774} and died.{H4191}

Verse 22

And, behold, as Barak{H1301} pursued{H7291} Sisera,{H5516} Jael{H3278} came out{H3318} to meet{H7125} him, and said{H559} unto him, Come,{H3212} and I will show{H7200} you the man{H376} whom you seek.{H1245} And he came{H935} unto her; and, behold, Sisera{H5516} lay{H5307} dead,{H4191} and the tent-pin{H3489} was in his temples.{H7541}

Verse 23

So God{H430} subdued{H3665} on that day{H3117} Jabin{H2985} the king{H4428} of Canaan{H3667} before{H6440} the sons{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 24

And the hand{H3027} of the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} prevailed{H7186} more{H3212} and more against Jabin{H2985} the king{H4428} of Canaan,{H3667} until they had destroyed{H3772} Jabin{H2985} king{H4428} of Canaan.{H3667}

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