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And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead ,
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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;
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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.
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And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time ,
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 .'
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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 ;'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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 .
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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.
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And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel ,
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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 .