Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Judges:
Chapter 4
1. AND
the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when
Ehud was dead.
2. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Ca-na-an, that
reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera.
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. And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lap-i-doth, she judged Israel
at that time.
5. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Beth-el in mount E-phra-im: and the children of Israel came up to her
for judgment.
6. And she sent and called Barak the son of A-bin-o-am out of
Kedesh-naph-ta-li, 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 Naph-ta-li and of the children of
Ze-bu-lun?
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.
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.
9. And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey
that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell
Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with
Barak to Kedesh.
10. And Barak called Ze-bu-lun and Naph-ta-li to Kedesh; and he went up
with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
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 Za-a-na-im, which is by Kedesh.
12. And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of A-bin-o-am was gone up
to mount Tabor.
13. And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Ha-ro-sheth
of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
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.
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.
16. But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Ha-ro-sheth
of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the
sword; and there was not a man left.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
22. And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest.
And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail
was in his temples.
23. So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Ca-na-an before the
children of Israel.
24. And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed
against Jabin the king of Ca-na-an, until they had destroyed Jabin king
of Canaan.
Mar. 28 Daily
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