4:1 And the children of Israel continued to
do evil against the Lord; and Aod was dead.
4:2 And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of
Chanaan, who ruled in Asor; and the chief of his host was Sisara, and he
dwelt in Arisoth of the Gentiles.
4:3 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.
4:4 And Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,-- she judged Israel at
that time.
4:5 And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in
mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgement.
4:6 And Debbora sent and called Barac the son of Abineem out of Cades
Nephthali, and she said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded
thee? and thou shalt depart to mount Thabor, and shalt take with thyself ten
thousand men of the sons of Nephthali and of the sons of Zabulon.
4:7 And I will bring to thee to the torrent of Kison Sisara the captain of
the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver
them into thine hands.
4:8 And Barac said to her, If thou wilt go with me, I will go; and if thou
wilt not go, I will not go; for I know not the day on which the Lord
prospers his messenger with me.
4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee; but know that thy honour shall
not attend on the expedition on which thou goest, for the Lord shall sell
Sisara into the hands of a women: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out
of Cades.
4:10 And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades, and there went up
at his feet ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.
4:11 And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab
the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous
ones, which is near Kedes.
4:12 And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to
mount Thabor.
4:13 And Sisara summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and
all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison.
4:14 And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this [is] the day on which the
Lord has delivered Sisara into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before
thee: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.
4:15 And the Lord discomfited Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his
army, with the edge of the sword before Barac: and Sisara descended from off
his chariot, and fled on his feet.
4:16 An Barac pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of
the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword,
there was not one left.
4:17 And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the
Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the
house of Chaber the Kenite.
4:18 And Jael went, out to meet Sisara, and said to him, Turn aside, my
lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent;
and she covered him with a mantle.
4:19 And Sisara said to 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 to drink,
and covered him.
4:20 And Sisara said to her, Stand now by the door of the tent, and it shall
come to pass if any man come to thee, and ask of thee, and say, Is there
[any] man here? then thou shalt say, There is not.
4:21 And Jael the wife of Chaber took a pin of the tent, and took a hammer
in her hand, and went secretly to him, and fastened the pin in his temple,
and it went through to the earth, and he fainted away, and darkness fell
upon him and he died.
4:22 And, behold, Barac [was] pursuing Sisara: and Jael went out to meet
him, and he said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou
seekest: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisara was fallen dead, and the
pin [was] in his temple.
4:23 So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of
Israel.
4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against
Jabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan. |
4:1 And the children of Israel again did
evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
4:2 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.
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.
4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at
that time.
4:5 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.
4:6 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?
4:7 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.
4:8 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.
4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey
that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD shall sell
Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to
Kedesh.
4:10 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.
4:11 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.
4:12 And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to
mount Tabor.
4:13 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.
4:14 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.
4:15 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.
4:16 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.
4:17 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.
4:18 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.
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.
4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be,
when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here?
that thou shalt say, No.
4:21 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.
4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And
when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his
temples.
4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children
of Israel.
4:24 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. |