Judges 4
1 And the
children of
Israel again did evil in the
sight of the
LORD, when
Ehud was
dead.
2 And the
LORD sold them into the
hand of
Jabin king of
Canaan, that
reigned in
Hazor; the
captain of whose
host was
Sisera, which
dwelt in
Harosheth of the
Gentiles. 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. 4 And
Deborah, a
prophetess, the
wife of
Lapidoth, she
judged Israel at that
time. 5 And she
dwelt under the palm
tree of
Deborah between
Ramah and
Bethel in
mount Ephraim: and the
children of
Israel came
up to her for
judgment. 6 And she
sent and
called Barak the
son of
Abinoam out of
Kedeshnaphtali, and
said unto him, Hath not the
LORD God of
Israel commanded, saying,
Go and
draw toward
mount Tabor, and
take with thee
ten thousand men of the
children of
Naphtali and of the
children of
Zebulun? 7 And I will
draw unto thee to the
river Kishon Sisera, the
captain of
Jabin's army, with his
chariots and his
multitude; and I will
deliver him into thine
hand. 8 And
Barak 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.
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 Sisera into the
hand of a
woman. And
Deborah arose, and
went with
Barak to
Kedesh. 10 And
Barak called Zebulun and
Naphtali to
Kedesh; and he went
up with
ten thousand men at his
feet: and
Deborah went
up with him.
11 Now
Heber the
Kenite, which was of the
children of
Hobab the father in
law of
Moses, had
severed himself from the
Kenites, and
pitched his
tent unto the
plain of
Zaanaim, which is by
Kedesh. 12 And they
shewed Sisera that
Barak the
son of
Abinoam was gone
up to
mount Tabor. 13 And
Sisera gathered
together all his
chariots, even
nine hundred chariots of
iron, and all the
people that were with him, from
Harosheth of the
Gentiles unto the
river of
Kishon. 14 And
Deborah said unto
Barak, Up; for this is the
day in which the
LORD hath
delivered Sisera into thine
hand: is not the
LORD gone
out before thee? So
Barak went
down from
mount Tabor, and
ten thousand men after him.
15 And the
LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his
chariots, and all his
host, with the
edge of the
sword before Barak; so that
Sisera lighted
down off his
chariot, and fled
away on his
feet. 16 But
Barak pursued after the
chariots, and after the
host, unto
Harosheth of the
Gentiles: and all the
host of
Sisera fell upon the
edge of the
sword; and there was not a
man left.
17 Howbeit
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. 18 And
Jael went
out to
meet Sisera, 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. 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.
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.
21 Then
Jael Heber'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.
22 And, behold, as
Barak pursued Sisera, Jael 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,
Sisera lay dead, and the
nail was in his
temples. 23 So
God subdued on that
day Jabin the
king of
Canaan before the
children of
Israel. 24 And the
hand of the
children of
Israel prospered , and
prevailed against
Jabin the
king of
Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan.