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1 # And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> again <03254> (8686) did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, when Ehud <0164> was dead <04191> (8804).
2 And the LORD <03068> sold <04376> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Jabin <02985> king <04428> of Canaan <03667>, that reigned <04427> (8804) in Hazor <02674>; the captain <08269> of whose host <06635> was Sisera <05516>, which dwelt <03427> (8802) in Harosheth <02800> of the Gentiles <01471>.
3 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <06817> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>: for he had nine <08672> hundred <03967> chariots <07393> of iron <01270>; and twenty <06242> years <08141> he mightily <02394> oppressed <03905> (8804) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
4 # And Deborah <01683>, a prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Lapidoth <03941>, she judged <08199> (8802) Israel <03478> at that time <06256>.
5 And she dwelt <03427> (8802) under the palm tree <08560> of Deborah <01683> between Ramah <07414> and Bethel <01008> in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> came up <05927> (8799) to her for judgment <04941>.
6 And she sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> out of Kedeshnaphtali <06943>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hath not the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> commanded <06680> (8765), saying, Go <03212> (8798) and draw <04900> (8804) toward mount <02022> Tabor <08396>, and take <03947> (8804) with thee ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> of the children <01121> of Naphtali <05321> and of the children <01121> of Zebulun <02074>?
7 And I will draw <04900> (8804) unto thee to the river <05158> Kishon <07028> Sisera <05516>, the captain <08269> of Jabin's <02985> army <06635>, with his chariots <07393> and his multitude <01995>; and I will deliver <05414> (8804) him into thine hand <03027>.
8 And Barak <01301> said <0559> (8799) unto her, If thou wilt go <03212> (8799) with me, then I will go <01980> (8804): but if thou wilt not go <03212> (8799) with me, then I will not go <03212> (8799).
He was a weak leader and needed a woman to help him.
9 And she said <0559> (8799), I will surely <01980> (8800) go <03212> (8799) with thee: notwithstanding <0657> the journey <01870> that thou takest <01980> (8802) shall not be for thine honour <08597>; for the LORD <03068> shall sell <04376> (8799) Sisera <05516> into the hand <03027> of a woman <0802>. And Deborah <01683> arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) with Barak <01301> to Kedesh <06943>.
10 # And Barak <01301> called <02199> (8686) Zebulun <02074> and Naphtali <05321> to Kedesh <06943>; and he went up <05927> (8799) with ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> at his feet <07272>: and Deborah <01683> went up <05927> (8799) with him.
11 Now Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017>, which was of the children <01121> of Hobab <02246> the father in law <02859> (8802) of Moses <04872>, had severed <06504> (8737) himself from the Kenites <07017>, and pitched <05186> (8799) his tent <0168> unto the plain <0436> of Zaanaim <06815>, which is by Kedesh <06943>.
12 And they shewed <05046> (8686) Sisera <05516> that Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> was gone up <05927> (8804) to mount <02022> Tabor <08396>.
13 And Sisera <05516> gathered together <02199> (8686) all his chariots <07393>, even nine <08672> hundred <03967> chariots <07393> of iron <01270>, and all the people <05971> that were with him, from Harosheth <02800> of the Gentiles <01471> unto the river <05158> of Kishon <07028>.
14 And Deborah <01683> said <0559> (8799) unto Barak <01301>, Up <06965> (8798); for this is the day <03117> in which the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) Sisera <05516> into thine hand <03027>: is not the LORD <03068> gone out <03318> (8804) before <06440> thee? So Barak <01301> went down <03381> (8799) from mount <02022> Tabor <08396>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> after <0310> him.
15 And the LORD <03068> discomfited <02000> (8799) Sisera <05516>, and all his chariots <07393>, and all his host <04264>, with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719> before <06440> Barak <01301>; so that Sisera <05516> lighted down <03381> (8799) off his chariot <04818>, and fled away <05127> (8799) on his feet <07272>.
16 But Barak <01301> pursued <07291> (8804) after <0310> the chariots <07393>, and after the host <04264> , unto Harosheth <02800> of the Gentiles <01471>: and all the host <04264> of Sisera <05516> fell <05307> (8799) upon the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and there was not a man <0259> left <07604> (8738).
17 # Howbeit Sisera <05516> fled away <05127> (8804) on his feet <07272> to the tent <0168> of Jael <03278> the wife <0802> of Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017>: for there was peace <07965> between Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Hazor <02674> and the house <01004> of Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017>.
18 And Jael <03278> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) Sisera <05516>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Turn in <05493> (8798), my lord <0113>, turn in <05493> (8798) to me; fear <03372> (8799) not. And when he had turned in <05493> (8799) unto her into the tent <0168>, she covered <03680> (8762) him with a mantle <08063>.
19 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little <04592> water <04325> to drink <08248> (8685); for I am thirsty <06770> (8804). And she opened <06605> (8799) a bottle <04997> of milk <02461>, and gave him drink <08248> (8686), and covered <03680> (8762) him.
20 Again he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Stand in <05975> (8798) the door <06607> of the tent <0168> , and it shall be, when any man <0376> doth come <0935> (8799) and enquire <07592> (8804) of thee, and say <0559> (8804) , Is there <03426> <00> any man <0376> here <03426>? that thou shalt say <0559> (8804), No.
21 Then Jael <03278> Heber's <02268> wife <0802> took <03947> (8799) a nail <03489> of the tent <0168>, and took <07760> (8799) an hammer <04718> in her hand <03027>, and went <0935> (8799) softly <03814> unto him, and smote <08628> (8799) the nail <03489> into his temples <07541>, and fastened <06795> (8799) it into the ground <0776>: for he was fast asleep <07290> (8738) and weary <05774> (8799). So he died <04191> (8799).
22 And, behold, as Barak <01301> pursued <07291> (8802) Sisera <05516>, Jael <03278> came out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Come <03212> (8798), and I will shew <07200> (8686) thee the man <0376> whom thou seekest <01245> (8764). And when he came <0935> (8799) into her tent , behold, Sisera <05516> lay <05307> (8802) dead <04191> (8801), and the nail <03489> was in his temples <07541> .
23 So God <0430> subdued <03665> (8686) on that day <03117> Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667> before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
24 And the hand <03027> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> prospered <03212> (8799) <01980> (8800), and prevailed <07186> against Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667>, until they had destroyed <03772> (8689) Jabin <02985> king <04428> of Canaan <03667>.