The Book of Judges

Jdg 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when E´-hud was dead.

Jdg 4:2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Ja´-bin king of Canaan, that reigned in Ha´-zor; the captain of whose host was Sis´-e-ra, which dwelt in Ha-ro´-sheth of the Gentiles.

Jdg 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Jdg 4:4 And Deb´-o-rah, a prophetess, the wife of Lap´-i-doth, she judged Israel at that time.

Jdg 4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deb´-o-rah between Ra´-mah and Beth´–el in mount E´-phra-im: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Jdg 4:6 And she sent and called Ba´-rak the son of A-bin´-o-am out of Ke´desh-naph´-ta-li, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Ta´-bor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naph´-ta-li and of the children of Zeb´u-lun?

Jdg 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Ki´-shon Sis´-e-ra, the captain of Ja´-bin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

Jdg 4:8 And Ba´-rak 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.

Jdg 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sis´-e-ra into the hand of a woman. And Deb´-o-rah arose, and went with Ba´-rak to Ke´-desh.

Jdg 4:10 And Ba´-rak called Zeb´-u-lun and Naph´-ta-li to Ke´-desh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deb´-o-rah went up with him.

Jdg 4:11 Now He´-ber the Ken´-ite, which was of the children of Ho´-bab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Ken´-ites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Za-a-na´-im, which is by Ke´-desh.

Jdg 4:12 And they shewed Sis´-e-ra that Ba´-rak the son of A-bin´-o-am was gone up to mount Ta´-bor.

Jdg 4:13 And Sis´-e-ra gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Ha-ro´-sheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Ki´shon.

Jdg 4:14 And Deb´-o-rah said unto Ba´rak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sis´-e-ra into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Ba´-rak went down from mount Ta´-bor, and ten thousand men after him.

Jdg 4:15 And the Lord discomfited Sis´e-ra, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Ba´-rak; so that Sis´-e-ra lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

Jdg 4:16 But Ba´-rak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Haro´-sheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sis´-e-ra fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

Jdg 4:17 Howbeit Sis´-e-ra fled away on his feet to the tent of Ja´-el the wife of He´-ber the Ken´-ite: for there was peace between Ja´-bin the king of Ha´-zor and the house of He´-ber the Ken´-ite.

Jdg 4:18 And Ja´-el went out to meet Sis´e-ra, 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 mantle.

Jdg 4:19 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 drink, and covered him.

Jdg 4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

Jdg 4:21 Then Ja´-el He´-ber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Jdg 4:22 And, behold, as Ba´-rak pursued Sis´-e-ra, Ja´-el came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sis´-e-ra lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

Jdg 4:23 So God subdued on that day Ja´-bin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

Jdg 4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Ja´-bin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Ja´-bin king of Canaan.