Judges:4

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* But the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD when Ehud was dead . * And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin , king of Canaan , who reigned in Hazor , the captain of whose host [was ] Sisera , and he dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles . * And the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD , for he had nine hundred chariots of iron , and he had mightily oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years . * And a woman judged Israel at that time , Deborah , a prophetess , the wife of Lapidoth . * This Deborah dwelt under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in Mount Ephraim , and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment . * And she sent and called Barak , the son of Abinoam , out of Kedesh of Naphtali and said unto him , Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded thee , [saying ], Go and draw toward Mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun ? * And I will draw Sisera , the captain of Jabin 's army , unto thee to the river Kishon , with his chariots and his multitude , and I will deliver him into thy hands . * 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 . * And [she ] said , I will surely go with thee , but thy honour shall not be in the way that thou goest ; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman . And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh . * And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh , and he went up with ten thousand men on foot , and Deborah went up with him . * Now Heber , the Kenite , of the sons 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 . * And the news came unto Sisera that Barak , the son of Abinoam , was gone up to Mount Tabor . * 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 . * Then Deborah said unto Barak , Rise up , for this [is ] the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into thy hands . Is not the LORD gone out before thee ? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him . * And the LORD broke 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 foot . * But Barak pursued after the chariots and after the host unto Harosheth of the Gentiles , and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword , [and ] there was not a man left . * And Sisera fled on foot 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 . * 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 thick coverlet . * 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 to drink and covered him again . * Again he said unto her , Stand in the door of the tent , and if anyone should come and enquire of thee and say , Is there anyone here ? Thou shalt say , No . * Then Jael , Heber 's wife , took the tent stake , and putting a hammer in her hand , went softly unto him and smote the stake into his temples and fastened it into the ground , for he was fast asleep and weary . So he died . * And 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 when he entered into where she was , behold , Sisera lay dead with the stake through his temples . * So God subjected on that day Jabin , the king of Canaan , before the sons of Israel . * And the hand of the sons of Israel began to prosper and to prevail against Jabin , the king of Canaan until they had destroyed him .:

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