Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 004
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And the children of Israel again did that which
was evil in the sight of HaShem, when Ehud was dead
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And HaShem gave them over into the hand of Jabin king of
Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt
in Harosheth-goiim
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And the children of Israel cried unto HaShem; for he had
nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the
children of Israel
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Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she
judged Israel at that time
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And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah
and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up
to her for judgment
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And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: 'Hath not HaShem, the G-d 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
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And I will draw unto thee to the brook Kishon Sisera, the
captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver
him into thy hand
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And Barak said unto her: 'If thou wilt go with me, then I
will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.
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And she said: 'I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding
the journey that thou takest shall not be for thy honour; for HaShem will give
Sisera over into the hand of a woman.' And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to
Kedesh
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And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh;
and there went up ten thousand men at his feet; and Deborah went up with him
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Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites,
even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his
tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh
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And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was
gone up to mount Tabor
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And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine
hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from
Harosheth-goiim, unto the brook Kishon
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And Deborah said unto Barak: 'Up; for this is the day in
which HaShem hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not HaShem gone out before
thee?' So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him
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And HaShem discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and
all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from
his chariot, and fled away on his feet
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But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host,
unto Harosheth-goiim; and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword;
there was not a man left
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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
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And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him: 'Turn
in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not.' And he turned in unto her into the tent,
and she covered him with a rug
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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
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And 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.
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Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer
in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and
it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned
and died
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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 he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin
was in his temples
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So G-d subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before
the children of Israel
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And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and
more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan
Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 004
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