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1 And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes  of Jehovah when Ehud is dead,
2 and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of  Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host  [is] Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim;
3 and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine  hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of  Israel mightily twenty years.
4 And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is  judging Israel at that time,
5 and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between  Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons  of Israel go up unto her for judgment.
6 And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of  Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of  Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor,  and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of  Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun,
7 and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera,  head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude,  and have given him into thy hand.'
8 And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I  have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;'
9 and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely  thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the  hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;' and Deborah riseth  and goeth with Barak to Kedesh.
10 And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he  goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth  up with him.
11 And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite,  from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he  stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which [is] by  Kedesh.
12 And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath  gone up to mount Tabor,
13 and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots  of iron, and all the people who [are] with him, from Harosheth  of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon.
14 And Deborah saith unto Barak, `Rise, for this [is] the day  in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not  Jehovah gone out before thee?' And Barak goeth down from mount  Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15 And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and  all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and  Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his  feet.
16 And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the  camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera  falleth by the mouth of the sword -- there hath not been left  even one.
17 And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife  of Heber the Kenite, for peace [is] between Jabin king of Hazor  and the house of Heber the Kenite;
18 and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him,  `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;' and he  turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him  with a coverlet.
19 And he saith unto her, `Give me to drink, I pray thee, a  little water, for I am thirsty;' and she openeth the bottle of  milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.
20 And he saith unto her, `Stand at the opening of the tent,  and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and  said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.'
21 And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and  taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and  striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the  earth -- and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary -- and he  dieth.
22 And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to  meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom  thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is  fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.
23 And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before  the sons of Israel,
24 and the hand of the sons of Israel goeth, going on and  becoming hard on Jabin king of Canaan, till that they have cut  off Jabin king of Canaan.