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Judges 4:11-22
New International Version
Judges 4:11-22
New International Version
11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites,(A) the descendants of Hobab,(B) Moses’ brother-in-law,[a] and pitched his tent by the great tree(C) in Zaanannim(D) near Kedesh.
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,(E) 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River(F) all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.(G)
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.(H) Has not the Lord gone ahead(I) of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed(J) Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.
16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.(K) 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,(L) the wife of Heber the Kenite,(M) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor(N) and the family of Heber the Kenite.
18 Jael(O) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk,(P) gave him a drink, and covered him up.
20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”
21 But Jael,(Q) Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep,(R) exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.(S)
22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael(T) went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.(U)
Footnotes
- Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law
Judges 4:11-22
King James Version
Judges 4:11-22
King James Version
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.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam 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 Harosheth 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 Harosheth 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 enquire 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.
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