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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]again[H3254]did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], when Ehud[H164] was dead[H4191].
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And the LORD[H3068]sold[H4376] them into the hand[H3027] of Jabin[H2985]king[H4428] of Canaan[H3667], that reigned[H4427] in Hazor[H2674]; the captain[H8269] of whose host[H6635] was Sisera[H5516], which dwelt[H3427] in Harosheth[H2800] of the Gentiles[H1471].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]cried[H6817] unto the LORD[H3068]: for he had nine[H8672]hundred[H3967]chariots[H7393] of iron[H1270]; and twenty[H6242]years[H8141] he mightily[H2394]oppressed[H3905] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And Deborah[H1683], a prophetess[H5031], the wife[H802] of Lapidoth[H3941], she judged[H8199]Israel[H3478] at that time[H6256].
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And she dwelt[H3427] under the palm tree[H8560] of Deborah[H1683] between Ramah[H7414] and Bethel[H1008] in mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669]: and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] came up[H5927] to her for judgment[H4941].
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And she sent[H7971] and called[H7121]Barak[H1301] the son[H1121] of Abinoam[H42] out of Kedeshnaphtali[H6943], and said[H559] unto him, Hath not the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478]commanded[H6680], saying, Go[H3212] and draw[H4900] toward mount[H2022]Tabor[H8396], and take[H3947] with thee ten[H6235]thousand[H505]men[H376] of the children[H1121] of Naphtali[H5321] and of the children[H1121] of Zebulun?[H2074]
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And I will draw[H4900] unto thee to the river[H5158]Kishon[H7028]Sisera[H5516], the captain[H8269] of Jabin'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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And Barak[H1301]said[H559] unto her, If thou wilt go[H3212] with me, then I will go[H1980]: but if thou wilt not go[H1980] with me, then I will not go[H1980].
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And she said[H559], I will surely[H1980]go[H3212] with thee: notwithstanding[H657] the journey[H1870] that thou takest[H1980] shall not be for thine honour[H8597]; for the LORD[H3068] shall sell[H4376]Sisera[H5516] into the hand[H3027] of a woman[H802]. And Deborah[H1683]arose[H6965], and went[H3212] with Barak[H1301] to Kedesh[H6943].
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And Barak[H1301]called[H2199]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 him.
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Now Heber[H2268] the Kenite[H7017], which was of the children[H1121] of Hobab[H2246] the father in law[H2859] of Moses[H4872], had severed[H6504] himself from the Kenites[H7017], and pitched[H5186] his tent[H168] unto the plain[H436] of Zaanaim[H6815], which is by Kedesh[H6943].
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And they shewed[H5046]Sisera[H5516] that Barak[H1301] the son[H1121] of Abinoam[H42] was gone up[H5927] to mount[H2022]Tabor[H8396].
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And Sisera[H5516] gathered together[H2199] all his chariots[H7393], even nine[H8672]hundred[H3967]chariots[H7393] of iron[H1270], and all the people[H5971] that were with him, from Harosheth[H2800] of the Gentiles[H1471] unto the river[H5158] of Kishon[H7028].
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And Deborah[H1683]said[H559] unto Barak[H1301], Up[H6965]; for this is the day[H3117] in which the LORD[H3068] hath delivered[H5414]Sisera[H5516] into thine hand[H3027]: is not the LORD[H3068] gone out[H3318]before[H6440] thee? So Barak[H1301] went down[H3381] from mount[H2022]Tabor[H8396], and ten[H6235]thousand[H505]men[H376]after[H310] him.
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And the LORD[H3068]discomfited[H2000]Sisera[H5516], and all his chariots[H7393], and all his host[H4264], with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]before[H6440]Barak[H1301]; so that Sisera[H5516] lighted down[H3381] off his chariot[H4818], and fled away[H5127] on his feet[H7272].
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But Barak[H1301]pursued[H7291]after[H310] the chariots[H7393], and after[H310] the host[H4264], unto Harosheth[H2800] of the Gentiles[H1471]: and all the host[H4264] of Sisera[H5516]fell[H5307] upon the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]; and there was not a man[H259]left[H7604].
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Howbeit Sisera[H5516] fled away[H5127] on his feet[H7272] to the tent[H168] of Jael[H3278] the wife[H802] of Heber[H2268] the Kenite[H7017]: for there was peace[H7965] between Jabin[H2985] the king[H4428] of Hazor[H2674] and the house[H1004] of Heber[H2268] the Kenite[H7017].
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And Jael[H3278] went out[H3318] to meet[H7125]Sisera[H5516], and said[H559] unto him, Turn in[H5493], my lord[H113], turn in[H5493] to me; fear[H3372] not. And when he had turned in[H5493] unto her into the tent[H168], she covered[H3680] him with a mantle[H8063].
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And he said[H559] unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little[H4592]water[H4325] to drink[H8248]; for I am thirsty[H6770]. And she opened[H6605] a bottle[H4997] of milk[H2461], and gave him drink[H8248], and covered[H3680] him.
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Again he said[H559] unto her, Stand in[H5975] the door[H6607] of the tent[H168], and it shall be, when any man[H376] doth come[H935] and enquire[H7592] of thee, and say[H559], Is there[H3426] any man[H376]here?[H3426] that thou shalt say[H559], No.
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Then Jael[H3278] Heber's wife[H802]took[H3947] a nail[H3489] of the tent[H168], and took[H7760] an hammer[H4718] in her hand[H3027], and went[H935]softly[H3814] unto him, and smote[H8628] the nail[H3489] into his temples[H7541], and fastened[H6795] it into the ground[H776]: for he was fast asleep[H7290] and weary[H5774]. So he died[H4191].
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And, behold, as Barak[H1301]pursued[H7291]Sisera[H5516], Jael[H3278]came[H935]out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him, and said[H559] unto him, Come[H3212], and I will shew[H7200] thee the man[H376] whom thou seekest[H1245]. And when he came[H935] into her tent, behold, Sisera[H5516]lay[H5307]dead[H4191], and the nail[H3489] was in his temples[H7541].
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So God[H430]subdued[H3665] on that day[H3117]Jabin[H2985] the king[H4428] of Canaan[H3667]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And the hand[H3027] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]prospered[H3212], and prevailed[H7186] against Jabin[H2985] the king[H4428] of Canaan[H3667], until they had destroyed[H3772]Jabin[H2985]king[H4428] of Canaan[H3667].