And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> again <H3254> did <H6213> evil <H7451> in the sight <H5869> of the LORD, <H3068> when Ehud <H0164> was dead. <H4191>
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And the LORD <H3068> sold <H4376> them into the hand <H3027> of Jabin <H2985> king <H4428> of Canaan, <H3667> that reigned <H4427> in Hazor; <H2674> the captain <H8269> of whose host <H6635> [was] Sisera, <H5516> which dwelt <H3427> in Harosheth <H2800> of the Gentiles. <H1471>
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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> cried <H6817> unto the LORD: <H3068> for he had nine <H8672> hundred <H3967> chariots <H7393> of iron; <H1270> and twenty <H6242> years <H8141> he mightily <H2393> oppressed <H3905> the children <H1121> of Israel. <H3478>
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And Deborah, <H1683> a prophetess, <H0802> <H5031> the wife <H0802> of Lapidoth, <H3941> she judged <H8199> Israel <H3478> at that time. <H6256>
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And she dwelt <H3427> under the palm tree <H8560> of Deborah <H1683> between Ramah <H7414> and Bethel <H1008> in mount <H2022> Ephraim: <H0669> and the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> came up <H5927> to her for judgment. <H4941>
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And she sent <H7971> and called <H7121> Barak <H1301> the son <H1121> of Abinoam <H0042> out of Kedeshnaphtali, <H6943> <H5321> and said <H0559> unto him, Hath not the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> commanded, <H6680> [saying], Go <H3212> and draw <H4900> toward mount <H2022> Tabor, <H8396> and take <H3947> with thee ten <H6235> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> of the children <H1121> of Naphtali <H5321> and of the children <H1121> of Zebulun? <H2074>
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And I will draw <H4900> unto thee to the river <H5158> Kishon <H7028> Sisera, <H5516> the captain <H8269> of Jabin's <H2985> army, <H6635> with his chariots <H7393> and his multitude; <H1995> and I will deliver <H5414> him into thine hand. <H3027>
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And Barak <H1301> said <H0559> unto her, If thou wilt go <H3212> with me, then I will go: <H1980> but if thou wilt not go <H3212> with me, [then] I will not go. <H3212>
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And she said, <H0559> I will surely <H1980> go <H3212> with thee: notwithstanding <H0657> the journey <H1870> that thou takest <H1980> shall not be for thine honour; <H8597> for the LORD <H3068> shall sell <H4376> Sisera <H5516> into the hand <H3027> of a woman. <H0802> And Deborah <H1683> arose, <H6965> and went <H3212> with Barak <H1301> to Kedesh. <H6943>
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And Barak <H1301> called <H2199> Zebulun <H2074> and Naphtali <H5321> to Kedesh; <H6943> and he went up <H5927> with ten <H6235> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> at his feet: <H7272> and Deborah <H1683> went up <H5927> with him.
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Now Heber <H2268> the Kenite, <H7017> [which was] of the children <H1121> of Hobab <H2246> the father in law <H2859> of Moses, <H4872> had severed <H6504> himself from the Kenites, <H7014> and pitched <H5186> his tent <H0168> unto the plain <H0436> of Zaanaim, <H6815> which [is] by Kedesh. <H6943>
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And they shewed <H5046> Sisera <H5516> that Barak <H1301> the son <H1121> of Abinoam <H0042> was gone up <H5927> to mount <H2022> Tabor. <H8396>
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And Sisera <H5516> gathered together <H2199> all his chariots, <H7393> [even] nine <H8672> hundred <H3967> chariots <H7393> of iron, <H1270> and all the people <H5971> that [were] with him, from Harosheth <H2800> of the Gentiles <H1471> unto the river <H5158> of Kishon. <H7028>
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And Deborah <H1683> said <H0559> unto Barak, <H1301> Up; <H6965> for this [is] the day <H3117> in which the LORD <H3068> hath delivered <H5414> Sisera <H5516> into thine hand: <H3027> is not the LORD <H3068> gone out <H3318> before <H6440> thee? So Barak <H1301> went down <H3381> from mount <H2022> Tabor, <H8396> and ten <H6235> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> after <H0310> him.
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And the LORD <H3068> discomfited <H2000> Sisera, <H5516> and all [his] chariots, <H7393> and all [his] host, <H4264> with the edge <H6310> of the sword <H2719> before <H6440> Barak; <H1301> so that Sisera <H5516> lighted down <H3381> off [his] chariot, <H4818> and fled <H5127> away on his feet. <H7272>
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But Barak <H1301> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> the chariots, <H7393> and after <H0310> the host, <H4264> unto Harosheth <H2800> of the Gentiles: <H1471> and all the host <H4264> of Sisera <H5516> fell <H5307> upon the edge <H6310> of the sword; <H2719> [and] there was not a man <H0259> left. <H7604>
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Howbeit Sisera <H5516> fled away <H5127> on his feet <H7272> to the tent <H0168> of Jael <H3278> the wife <H0802> of Heber <H2268> the Kenite: <H7017> for [there was] peace <H7965> between Jabin <H2985> the king <H4428> of Hazor <H2674> and the house <H1004> of Heber <H2268> the Kenite. <H7017>
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And Jael <H3278> went out <H3318> to meet <H7125> Sisera, <H5516> and said <H0559> unto him, Turn in, <H5493> my lord, <H0113> turn in <H5493> to me; fear <H3372> not. And when he had turned in <H5493> unto her into the tent, <H0168> she covered <H3680> him with a mantle. <H8063>
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And he said <H0559> unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little <H4592> water <H4325> to drink; <H8248> for I am thirsty. <H6770> And she opened <H6605> a bottle <H4997> of milk, <H2461> and gave him drink, <H8248> and covered <H3680> him.
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Again he said <H0559> unto her, Stand <H5975> in the door <H6607> of the tent, <H0168> and it shall be, when any man <H0376> doth come <H0935> and enquire <H7592> of thee, and say, <H0559> Is there <H3426> any man <H0376> here? that thou shalt say, <H0559> No.
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Then Jael <H3278> Heber's <H2268> wife <H0802> took <H3947> a nail <H3489> of the tent, <H0168> and took <H7760> an hammer <H4718> in her hand, <H3027> and went <H0935> softly <H3814> unto him, and smote <H8628> the nail <H3489> into his temples, <H7541> and fastened <H6795> it into the ground: <H0776> for he was fast asleep <H7290> and weary. <H5774> So he died. <H4191>
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And, behold, as Barak <H1301> pursued <H7291> Sisera, <H5516> Jael <H3278> came out <H3318> to meet <H7125> him, and said <H0559> unto him, Come, <H3212> and I will shew <H7200> thee the man <H0376> whom thou seekest. <H1245> And when he came <H0935> into her [tent], behold, Sisera <H5516> lay <H5307> dead, <H4191> and the nail <H3489> [was] in his temples. <H7541>
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So God <H0430> subdued <H3665> on that day <H3117> Jabin <H2985> the king <H4428> of Canaan <H3667> before <H6440> the children <H1121> of Israel. <H3478>
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And the hand <H3027> of the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> prospered, <H3212> <H1980> and prevailed <H7186> against Jabin <H2985> the king <H4428> of Canaan, <H3667> until they had destroyed <H3772> Jabin <H2985> king <H4428> of Canaan. <H3667>