ULT by section JDG 4:1

⌂ ← JDG 4:1–4:24 → ║ ═ ©

The Book of Judges 4

4 And the sons of Israel resumed to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh after Ehud died. 2 And Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Now the commander of his army was Sisera, and he was dwelling in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Then the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh, for 900 chariots of iron were to him, and he oppressed the sons of Israel with might 20 years.

4 Now Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she was judging Israel at that time. 5 And she was sitting beneath the Palm Tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for justice. 6 And she sent and called for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh Naphtali, and she said to him, “Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and draw out at Mount Tabor, and you shall take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun? 7 And I will draw out to you, to the river of Kishon, Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, and his chariotry and his multitude, and I will give him into your hand.’ ” 8 And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 And she said, “Going, I will go with you, only that it will not be your honor upon the way that you are going, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 Then Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from Kain, from the sons of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses. And he had pitched his tent near an oak tree in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera summoned all of his chariotry, 900 chariots of iron, and all of the people who were with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the river of Kishon. 14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day when Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has not Yahweh gone out to the face of you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and 10,000 men were after him. 15 And Yahweh panicked Sisera and all of the chariotry and all of the army, to the mouth of the sword to the face of Barak. So Sisera descended from upon the chariot and fled on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariotry and after the army unto Harosheth Haggoyim, and all of the army of Sisera fell by the mouth of the sword. Not even one remained.

17 But Sisera fled on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera and she said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me. Do not fear.” So he turned aside to her, into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket. 19 And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and let him drink, and she covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the entrance of the tent, and it shall be, if anyone comes and asks you and says, ‘Is there anyone here?’ then you shall say ‘No one.’ ” 21 Then Jael, the wife of Heber, took a peg of the tent, and she put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him in secret, and she drove the peg into his temple and pounded it into the ground, for he was sleeping deeply and was weary, and he died. 22 And behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael came out to meet him, and she said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he came to her, and behold, Sisera had fallen dead, and the peg was in his temple.

23 So on that day God subdued Jabin, the king of Canaan, to the face of the sons of Israel. 24 For going, the hand of the sons of Israel went and became severe against Jabin, the king of Canaan, until that they destroyed Jabin, the king of Canaan.

JDG C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21