Then athe sons of Israel
again
did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, after Ehud
died
.
And the LORD sold
them into the hand
of aJabin
king
of Canaan
, who
reigned
in Hazor
; and the commander
of his army
was Sisera
, who
lived
in bHarosheth-hagoyim
.
The sons of Israel
cried
to the LORD
; for he had nine
hundred
airon
chariots
, and he oppressed
the sons
of Israel
severely
for twenty
years
.
Now Deborah, a 1prophetess
, the wife
of Lappidoth
, was judging
Israel
at that time
.
She used to 1sit under
the apalm
tree
of Deborah
between
Ramah
and Bethel
in the hill
country
of Ephraim
; and the sons
of Israel
came
up to her for judgment
.
Now she sent and summoned
aBarak
the son
of Abinoam
from Kedesh-naphtali
, and said
to him, " 1Behold
, the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, has commanded
, `Go
and march
to Mount
Tabor
, and take
with you ten
thousand
men
from the sons
of Naphtali
and from the sons
of Zebulun
.
`I will draw out to you Sisera
, the commander
of Jabin's
army
, with his chariots
and his 1many
troops to the river
Kishon
, and aI will give
him into your hand
.' "
Then 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
."
She said, "I will surely
go
with you; nevertheless
, the honor
shall not be yours on the journey
that you are about to take
, afor the LORD
will sell
Sisera
into the hands
of a woman
." Then Deborah
arose
and went
with Barak
to Kedesh
.
Barak called
aZebulun
and Naphtali
together
to Kedesh
, and ten
thousand
men
went
up 1 bwith him; Deborah
also went
up with him.
Now Heber athe Kenite
had separated
himself from the Kenites
, from the sons
of Hobab
the father-in-law
of Moses
, and had pitched
his tent
as far
away as the 1oak
in bZaanannim
, which
is near
Kedesh
.
Then they told Sisera
that Barak
the son
of Abinoam
had gone
up to Mount
Tabor
.
Sisera called
together
all
his chariots
, anine
hundred
iron
chariots
, and all
the people
who
were with him, from bHarosheth-hagoyim
to the river
Kishon
.
Deborah said
to Barak
, "Arise
! For this
is the day
in which
the LORD
has given
Sisera
into your hands
; 1behold
, athe LORD
has gone
out before
you." So Barak
went
down
from Mount
Tabor
with ten
thousand
men
following
him.
aThe LORD 1routed
Sisera
and all
his chariots
and all
his army
with the edge
of the sword
before
Barak
; and Sisera
alighted
from his chariot
and fled
away on foot
.
But Barak pursued
the chariots
and the army
as far
as Harosheth-hagoyim
, and all
the army
of Sisera
fell
by the edge
of the sword
; anot even
one
was left
.
Now Sisera fled
away 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
.
Jael went
out to meet
Sisera
, and said
to him, "Turn
aside
, my master
, turn
aside
to me! Do not be afraid
." And he turned
aside
to her into the tent
, and she covered
him with a 1rug
.
aHe said to her, "Please
give
me a little
water
to drink
, for I am thirsty
." So she opened
a 1bottle
of milk
and gave
him a drink
; then she covered
him.
He said to her, "Stand
in the doorway
of the tent
, and it shall be if
anyone
comes
and inquires
of you, and says
, `Is there
anyone
here
?' that you shall say
, `No
.' "
But Jael, Heber's
wife
, atook
a tent
peg
and 1seized
a hammer
in her hand
, and went
secretly
to him and drove
the peg
into his temple
, and it went
through
into the ground
; for he was sound
asleep
and exhausted
. So he died
.
And behold, as Barak
pursued
Sisera
, Jael
came
out to meet
him and said
to him, "Come
, and I will show
you the man
whom
you are seeking
." And he entered
1with her, and behold
Sisera
was lying
dead
with the tent
peg
in his temple
.
So aGod subdued
on that day
Jabin
the king
of Canaan
before
the sons
of Israel
.
The hand of the sons
of Israel
pressed
heavier
and heavier
upon Jabin
the king
of Canaan
, until
they had 1destroyed
Jabin
the king
of Canaan
.