Judges:4

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* And the children of Israel continued to do evil against the Lord ; and Aod was dead . * And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of Chanaan , who ruled in Asor ; and the chief of his host was Sisara , and he dwelt in Arisoth of the Gentiles . * And the children of Israel cried to the Lord , because he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years . * And Debbora , a prophetess , the wife of Lapidoth , —she judged Israel at that time . * And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim ; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgement . * And Debbora sent and called Barac the son of Abineem out of Cades Nephthali , and she said to him , Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded thee ? and thou shalt depart to mount Thabor , and shalt take with thyself ten thousand men of the sons of Nephthali and of the sons of Zabulon . * And I will bring to thee to the torrent of Kison (note :)epi redundant in the Greek , but accounted for by the Hebrews . ta (:note ) Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin , and his chariots , and his multitude , and I will deliver them into thine hands . * And Barac said to her , If thou wilt go with me , I will go ; and if thou wilt not go , I will not go ; for I know not the day on which the Lord prospers his messenger with me . * And she said , I will surely go with thee ; but know that thy honour shall not attend on the expedition on which thou goest , for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a women : and Debbora arose , and went with Barac out of Cades . * And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades , and there went up at his feet ten thousand men , and Debbora went up with him . * And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina , from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses , and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones , which is near Kedes . * And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to mount Thabor . * And Sisara (note :)Gr . called (:note ) summoned all his chariots , nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him , from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison . * And Debbora said to Barac , Rise up , for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into thy hand , for the Lord shall go forth before thee : and Barac went down from mount Thabor , and ten thousand men after him . * And the Lord discomfited Sisara , and all his chariots , and all his army , with the edge of the sword before Barac : and Sisara descended from off his chariot , and fled on his feet . * And Barac (note :)Gr . pursuing (:note ) pursued after the chariots and after the army , into Arisoth of the Gentiles ; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword , there was not one left . * And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the Kenite his friend : for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite . * And Jael went , out to meet Sisara , and said to him , Turn aside , my lord , turn aside to me , fear not : and he turned aside to her into the tent ; and she covered him with a mantle . * And Sisara said to 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 to drink , and covered him . * And Sisara said to her , Stand now by the door of the tent , and it shall come to pass if any man come to thee , and ask of thee , and say , Is there any man here ? then thou shalt say , There is not . * And Jael the wife of Chaber took (note :)Gr . the pin (:note ) a pin of the tent , and took a hammer in her hand , and went secretly to him , and fastened the pin in his temple , and it went through to the earth , and he fainted away , and Gr . he was darkened darkness fell upon him and he died . * And , behold , Barac was pursuing Sisara : and Jael went out to meet him , and he said to him , Come , and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest : and he went in to her ; and , behold , Sisara was fallen dead , and the pin was in his temple . * So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel . * And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin king of Chanaan , until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan .

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