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the LORD God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man
deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”
ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and 21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg
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of the sons of Zebulun; and against you I will and took a hammer in her hand, and went soft-
deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, ly to him and drove the peg into his temple,
with his chariots and his multitude at the River and it went down into the ground; for he was
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Kishon; and I will deliver him into your fast asleep and weary. So he died. And then,
hand’?” as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to
8 And Barak said to her, “If you will go with meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show
me, then I will go; but if you will not go with you the man whom you seek.” And when he
me, I will not go!” went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with
9 So she said, “I will surely go with you; nev- the peg in his temple.
ertheless there will be no glory for you in the 23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of
journey you are taking, for the LORD will sell Canaan in the presence of the children of Is-
Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then rael. And the hand of the children of Israel
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Deborah arose and went with Barak to grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king
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Kedesh. And Barak called Zebulun and of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king
Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thou- of Canaan.
sand men under his command, and Deborah Psalm 48:9–14
went up with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of 9 We have thought, O God, on Your
Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had sepa- lovingkindness,
rated himself from the Kenites and pitched his In the midst of Your temple.
tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which 10 According to Your name, O God,
is beside Kedesh. So is Your praise to the ends of the
12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak the earth;
son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
13 So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, 11 Let Mount Zion rejoice,
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the peo- Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
ple who were with him, from Harosheth Because of Your judgments.
Hagoyim to the River Kishon. 12 Walk about Zion,
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this And go all around her.
is the day in which the LORD has delivered Count her towers;
Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone 13 Mark well her bulwarks;
out before you?” So Barak went down from Consider her palaces;
Mount Tabor with ten thousand men follow- That you may tell it to the generation
ing him. And the LORD routed Sisera and all following.
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his chariots and all his army with the edge of 14 For this is God,
the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted Our God forever and ever;
from his chariot and fled away on foot. But He will be our guide
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Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far Even to death.
as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of
Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man Proverbs 14:18–19
was left. 18 The simple inherit folly,
17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to But the prudent are crowned with
the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; knowledge.
for there was peace between Jabin king of 19 The evil will bow before the good,
Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. And the wicked at the gates of the
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to righteous.
him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me;
do not fear.” And when he had turned aside
with her into the tent, she covered him with a
blanket. 14:19 evil will bow. The ancient custom was
19 Then he said to her, “Please give me a lit-
tle water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she for the inferior to prostrate himself before the
superior or wait humbly before the great one’s
opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and gate seeking favor. Good will humble evil.
covered him. And he said to her, “Stand at
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the door of the tent, and if any man comes and
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