Juízes 4

¹ And the children of Israel began againe to do wickedly in the sight of the Lorde when Ehud was dead.

² And the LORD sold them into the hand ofThere was another Jabin, whom Joshua killed and burnt his city Hazor, (Jos_11:13).Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host [was] Sisera, which dwelt inThat is in a wood, or strong place,Harosheth of the Gentiles.

³ Then the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord: (for he had nine hundreth charets of yron, and twentie yeeres he had vexed the children of Israel very sore)

⁴ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, sheBy the spirit of prophesy resolving controversies and declaring the will of God.judged Israel at that time.

⁵ And this Deborah dwelt vnder a palme tree, betweene Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came vp to her for iudgement.

⁶ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of IsraelAnd revealed to me by the spirit of prophecy.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?

⁷ And I wil drawe vnto thee to the riuer Kishon Sisera, the captaine of Iabins armie with his charets, and his multitude, and wil deliuer him into thine hand.

⁸ And Barak said unto her,Fearing his own weakness and his enemies power, he desires the prophetess to go with him to assure him of God's will from time to time.If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.

⁹ Then shee answered, I will surely goe with thee, but this iourney that thou takest, shall not be for thine honour: for the Lord shal sell Sisera into the hand of a woman; Deborah arose & went with Barak to Kedesh.

¹⁰ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went vp on his feete with ten thousand men, and Deborah went vp 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 tentMeaning, that he possessed a great part of that country.unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

¹² Then they shewed Sisera, that Barak the sonne of Abinoam was gone vp to mout Tabor.

¹³ And Sisera called for all his charets, euen nine hundreth charets of yron, and all the people that were with him from Harosheth of the Gentiles, vnto the riuer Kishon.

¹⁴ And Deborah said unto Barak,She still encourages him to this enterprise by assuring him of God's favour and aid.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 Lorde destroyed Sisera and all his charets, & al his hoste with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted downe off his charet, and fled away on his feete.

¹⁶ But Barak pursued after the charets, and after the hoste vnto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the hoste of Sisera fel vpon the edge of the sworde: there was not a man left.

¹⁷ Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife ofWhose ancestors were strangers, but worshipped the true God, and therefore were joined with Israel.Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

¹⁸ And Iael went out to meete Sisera, & sayd vnto him, Turne in, my lord, turne in to me: feare not; when he had turned in vnto her into her tent, she couered him with a mantell.

¹⁹ And he said vnto her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water to drinke: for I am thirstie; shee opened a bottel of milke, and gaue him drinke, and couered him.

²⁰ Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say,That is, Sisera.Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

²¹ Then Jael Heber's wife took aThat is, the pin or stake, by which it was fastened to the ground.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 laySo he saw that a woman had the honour, as Deborah prophesied.dead, and the nail [was] in his temples.

²³ So God brought downe Iabin the King of Canaan that day before the children of Israel.

²⁴ And the hande of the children of Israel prospered, and preuailed against Iabin the King of Canaan, vntill they had destroyed Iabin King of Canaan.