Judges:4

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* And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh , when Ehud was dead . * And Yahweh 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 . * And the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the sons of Israel . * Now Deborah , a prophetess , the wife of Lappidoth , she judged Israel at that time . * And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of 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-naphtali , and said to him , Has not Yahweh , the God of Israel , commanded , [saying ], Go and draw to mount Tabor , and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun ? * And I will draw to you , to the river Kishon , Sisera , the captain of Jabin 's army , with his chariots and his multitude ; and I will deliver him into your hand . * And Barak said to her , If you will go with me , then I will go ; but if you will not go with me , I will not go . * And she said , I will surely go with you : notwithstanding , the journey that you take will not be for your honor ; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman . And Deborah arose , and went with Barak to Kedesh . * 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 . * Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites , even from the sons of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses , and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim , which is by Kedesh . * And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor . * And Sisera gathered together all his chariots , even nine hundred chariots of iron , and all the people who were with him , from Harosheth of the Gentiles , to the river Kishon . * And Deborah said to Barak , Rise up ; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand ; has not Yahweh gone out before you ? So Barak went down from mount Tabor , and ten thousand men after him . * And Yahweh discomfited Sisera , and all his chariots , and all his host , with the edge of the sword before Barak ; and Sisera dismounted from his chariot , and fled away on his feet . * But Barak pursued after the chariots , and after the host , to Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword ; there was not a man left . * Nevertheless 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 . * And Jael went out to meet Sisera , and said to him , Turn in , my lord , turn in to me ; don 't be afraid . And he turned in to her into the tent , and she covered him with a rug . * And he said to her , Give me , I pray you , a little water to drink ; for I am thirsty . And she opened a bottle of milk , and gave him drink , and covered him . * And he said to her , Stand in the door of the tent , and it will be , when any man comes and inquires of you , and says , Is there any man here ? Then you will say , No . * Then Jael Heber 's wife took a tent-pin , and took a hammer in her hand , and went softly to him , and struck the pin into his temples , and it pierced through into the ground ; for he was in a deep sleep ; so he swooned and died . * And , look , as Barak pursued Sisera , Jael came out to meet him , and said to him , Come , and I will show you the man whom you seek . And he came to her ; and saw that Sisera lay dead , and the tent-pin was in his temples . * So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel . * And the hand of the sons of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan , until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan .

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