Judges Chapter 4
4:1 | And the children of ![]() ![]() |
4:2 | And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin ![]() |
4:3 | And the children of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:4 | And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged ![]() ![]() |
4:5 | And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of ![]() |
4:6 | And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of ![]() |
4:7 | And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin' army, with his ![]() |
4:8 | 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. |
4:9 | 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. |
4:10 | And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his ![]() |
4:11 | 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 Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh. |
4:12 | And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. |
4:13 | And Sisera gathered together all his ![]() ![]() |
4:14 | And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this [is] the ![]() |
4:15 | And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all [his] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:16 | But Barak pursued after the ![]() ![]() |
4:17 | Howbeit Sisera fled away on his ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:18 | 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. |
4:19 | And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:20 | 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. |
4:21 | Then Jael Heber' 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. |
4:22 | And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail [was] in his temples. |
4:23 | So God subdued on that ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:24 | And the hand of the children of ![]() ![]() ![]() |