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The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Harosheth-hagoyim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed <i>and</i> tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>She used to sit [to hear and decide disputes] under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now she sent <i>word</i> and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “Behold, the LORD, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men [of war] from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will draw out Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his infantry to meet you at the river Kishon, and I will hand him over to you.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>She said, “I will certainly go with you; nevertheless, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>the journey that you are about to take will not be for your honor <i>and</i> glory, because the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Barak summoned [the fighting men of the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>under his command; Deborah also went up with him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>terebinth tree in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When someone told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day when the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Has the LORD not gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and [confused] all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera dismounted from his chariot and fled away on foot. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and the entire army of Sisera fell by the sword; not even one man was left. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me! Have no fear.” So he turned aside to her [and went] into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink because I am thirsty.” And she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is there anyone here?’ tell him, ‘No.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, and came up quietly to him and drove the peg through his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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 [her tent] with her, and behold Sisera lay dead with the tent peg in his temple. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So on that day God subdued <i>and</i> humbled Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the hand of the sons of Israel pressed down heavier and heavier on Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> I.e. a fortress or city of the Gentiles.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>the road along which you are going</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>after him;</i> Lit <i>at his feet</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Hobab is identified as the son of Moses’ father-in-law in Num 10:29.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>oak</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>