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1. After Ehud's death, however, the Israelites again offended the LORD.
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1. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 again H3254 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , when Ehud H261 was dead H4191 .
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2. So the LORD allowed them to fall into the power of the Canaanite king, Jabin, who reigned in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-ha-goiim.
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2. And the LORD H3068 sold H4376 them into the hand H3027 of Jabin H2985 king H4428 of Canaan H3667 , that H834 reigned H4427 in Hazor H2674 ; the captain H8269 of whose host H6635 was Sisera H5516 , which H1931 dwelt H3427 in Harosheth of the Gentiles H2800 .
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3. But the Israelites cried out to the LORD; for with his nine hundred iron chariots he sorely oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
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3. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H6817 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 he had nine H8672 hundred H3967 chariots H7393 of iron H1270 ; and twenty H6242 years H8141 he H1931 mightily H2393 oppressed H3905 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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4. At this time the prophetess Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.
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4. And Deborah H1683 , a prophetess H5031 H802 , the wife H802 of Lapidoth H3941 , she H1931 judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 at that H1931 time H6256 .
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5. She used to sit under Deborah's palm tree, situated between Ramah and Bethel in the mountain region of Ephraim, and there the Israelites came up to her for judgment.
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5. And she H1931 dwelt H3427 under H8478 the palm tree H8560 of Deborah H1683 between H996 Ramah H7414 and Bethel H1008 in mount H2022 Ephraim H669 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came up H5927 to H413 her for judgment H4941 .
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6. She sent and summoned Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh of Naphtali. "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, commands," she said to him; "go, march on Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand Naphtalites and Zebulunites.
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6. And she sent H7971 and called H7121 Barak H1301 the son H1121 of Abinoam H42 out of Kedesh H4480 H6943 H5320 -naphtali , and said H559 unto H413 him , Hath not H3808 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 commanded H6680 , saying , Go H1980 and draw H4900 toward mount H2022 Tabor H8396 , and take H3947 with H5973 thee ten H6235 thousand H505 men H376 of the children H4480 H1121 of Naphtali H5321 and of the children H4480 H1121 of Zebulun H2074 ?
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7. I will lead Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, out to you at the Wadi Kishon, together with his chariots and troops, and will deliver them into your power."
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7. And I will draw H4900 unto H413 thee to H413 the river H5158 Kishon H7028 H853 Sisera H5516 , the captain H8269 of Jabin H2985 's army H6635 , with his chariots H7393 and his multitude H1995 ; and I will deliver H5414 him into thine hand H3027 .
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8. But Barak answered her, "If you come with me, I will go; if you do not come with me, I will not go."
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8. And Barak H1301 said H559 unto H413 her, If H518 thou wilt go H1980 with H5973 me , then I will go H1980 : but if H518 thou wilt not H3808 go H1980 with H5973 me, then I will not H3808 go H1980 .
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9. "I will certainly go with you," she replied, "but you shall not gain the glory in the expedition on which you are setting out, for the LORD will have Sisera fall into the power of a woman." So Deborah joined Barak and journeyed with him to Kedesh.
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9. And she said H559 , I will surely go H1980 H1980 with H5973 thee: notwithstanding H3808 H57 the journey H1870 that H834 thou H859 takest H1980 shall not H3808 be H1961 for thine honor H8597 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 shall sell H4376 H853 Sisera H5516 into the hand H3027 of a woman H802 . And Deborah H1683 arose H6965 , and went H1980 with H5973 Barak H1301 to Kedesh H6943 .
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10. Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah also went up with him.
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10. And Barak H1301 called H2199 H853 Zebulun H2074 and Naphtali H5321 to Kedesh H6943 ; and he went up H5927 with ten H6235 thousand H505 men H376 at his feet H7272 : and Deborah H1683 went up H5927 with H5973 him.
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11. Now the Kenite Heber had detached himself from his own people, the descendants of Hobab, Moses' brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent by the tere-binth of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
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11. Now Heber H2268 the Kenite H7014 , which was of the children H4480 H1121 of Hobab H2246 the father H2859 -in-law of Moses H4872 , had severed himself H6504 from the Kenites H4480 H7017 , and pitched H5186 his tent H168 unto H5704 the plain H436 of Zaanaim H6815 , which H834 is by H854 Kedesh H6943 .
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12. It was reported to Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.
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12. And they showed H5046 Sisera H5516 that H3588 Barak H1301 the son H1121 of Abinoam H42 was gone up H5927 to mount H2022 Tabor H8396 .
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13. So Sisera assembled from Harosheth-ha-goiim at the Wadi Kishon all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all his forces.
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13. And Sisera H5516 gathered together H2199 H853 all H3605 his chariots H7393 , even nine H8672 hundred H3967 chariots H7393 of iron H1270 , and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with H854 him , from Harosheth of the Gentiles H4480 H2800 unto H413 the river H5158 of Kishon H7028 .
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14. Deborah then said to Barak, "Be off, for this is the day on which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your power. The LORD marches before you." So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by his ten thousand men.
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14. And Deborah H1683 said H559 unto H413 Barak H1301 , Up H6965 ; for H3588 this H2088 is the day H3117 in which H834 the LORD H3068 hath delivered H5414 H853 Sisera H5516 into thine hand H3027 : is not H3808 the LORD H3068 gone out H3318 before H6440 thee? So Barak H1301 went down H3381 from mount H4480 H2022 Tabor H8396 , and ten H6235 thousand H505 men H376 after H310 him.
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15. And the LORD put Sisera and all his chariots and all his forces to rout before Barak. Sisera himself dismounted from his chariot and fled on foot.
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15. And the LORD H3068 discomfited H2000 H853 Sisera H5516 , and all H3605 his chariots H7393 , and all H3605 his host H4264 , with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 before H6440 Barak H1301 ; so that Sisera H5516 lighted down H3381 off H4480 H5921 his chariot H4818 , and fled away H5127 on his feet H7272 .
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16. Barak, however, pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-ha-goiim. The entire army of Sisera fell beneath the sword, not even one man surviving.
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16. But Barak H1301 pursued H7291 after H310 the chariots H7393 , and after H310 the host H4264 , unto H5704 Harosheth of the Gentiles H2800 : and all H3605 the host H4264 of Sisera H5516 fell H5307 upon the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 ; and there was not H3808 a man H259 left H7604 .
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17. Sisera, in the meantime, had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of the Kenite Heber, since Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of the Kenite Heber were at peace with one another.
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17. Howbeit Sisera H5516 fled away H5127 on his feet H7272 to H413 the tent H168 of Jael H3278 the wife H802 of Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017 : for H3588 there was peace H7965 between H996 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Hazor H2674 and the house H1004 of Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017 .
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18. Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come in, my lord, come in with me; do not be afraid." So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a rug.
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18. And Jael H3278 went out H3318 to meet H7125 Sisera H5516 , and said H559 unto H413 him , Turn in H5493 , my lord H113 , turn in H5493 to H413 me; fear H3372 not H408 . And when he had turned in H5493 unto H413 her into the tent H168 , she covered H3680 him with a mantle H8063 .
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19. He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink. I am thirsty." But she opened a jug of milk for him to drink, and then covered him over.
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19. And he said H559 unto H413 her , Give me , I pray thee H4994 , a little H4592 water H4325 to drink H8248 ; for H3588 I am thirsty H6770 . And she opened H6605 H853 a bottle H4997 of milk H2461 , and gave him drink H8248 , and covered H3680 him.
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20. "Stand at the entrance of the tent," he said to her. "If anyone comes and asks, 'Is there someone here?' say, 'No!'"
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20. Again he said H559 unto H413 her, Stand H5975 in the door H6607 of the tent H168 , and it shall be H1961 , when H518 any man H376 doth come H935 and inquire H7592 of thee , and say H559 , Is H3426 there any man H376 here H6311 ? that thou shalt say H559 , No H369 .
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21. Instead Jael, wife of Heber, got a tent peg and took a mallet in her hand. While Sisera was sound asleep, she stealthily approached him and drove the peg through his temple down into the ground, so that he perished in death.
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21. Then Jael H3278 Heber H2268 's wife H802 took H3947 H853 a nail H3489 of the tent H168 , and took H7760 H853 a hammer H4718 in her hand H3027 , and went H935 softly H3814 unto H413 him , and smote H8628 H853 the nail H3489 into his temples H7451 , and fastened H6795 it into the ground H776 : for he H1931 was fast asleep H7290 and weary H5774 . So he died H4191 .
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22. Then when Barak came in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, "Come, I will show you the man you seek." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg through his temple.
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22. And, behold H2009 , as Barak H1301 pursued H7291 H853 Sisera H5516 , Jael H3278 came out H3318 to meet H7125 him , and said H559 unto him, Come H1980 , and I will show H7200 thee H853 the man H376 whom H834 thou H859 seekest H1245 . And when he came H935 into H413 her tent , behold H2009 , Sisera H5516 lay H5307 dead H4191 , and the nail H3489 was in his temples H7451 .
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23. Thus on that day God humbled the Canaanite king, Jabin, before the Israelites;
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23. So God H430 subdued H3665 on that H1931 day H3117 H853 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Canaan H3667 before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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24. their power weighed ever heavier upon him, till at length they destroyed the Canaanite king, Jabin.
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24. And the hand H3027 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 prospered H1980 , and prevailed H1980 H7186 against H5921 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Canaan H3667 , until H5704 H834 they had destroyed H3772 H853 Jabin H2985 king H4428 of Canaan H3667 .
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