1And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah , when Ehud was dead . 2And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan , that reigned in Hazor ; the captain of whose host was Sisera , who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles . 3And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel . 4Now Deborah , a prophetess , the wife of Lappidoth , she judged Israel at that time . 5And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment . 6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali , and said unto him , Hath not Jehovah , the God of Israel , commanded , saying , Go and draw unto mount Tabor , and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun ? 7And I will draw unto thee , to the river Kishon , Sisera , the captain of Jabin ’s army , with his chariots and his multitude ; and I will deliver him into thy hand . 8And Barak said unto her , If thou wilt go with me , then I will go ; but if thou wilt not go with me , I will not go . 9And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor ; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose , and went with Barak to Kedesh . 10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh ; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet : and Deborah went up with him .
The Battle Against Sisera
11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites , even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses , and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim , which is by Kedesh . 12And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor . 13And 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 Kishon . 14And Deborah said unto Barak , Up ; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand ; is not Jehovah gone out before thee ? So Barak went down from mount Tabor , and ten thousand men after him . 15And Jehovah discomfited Sisera , and all his chariots , and all his host , with the edge of the sword before Barak ; and Sisera alighted from his chariot , and fled away on his feet . 16But Barak pursued after the chariots , and after the host , unto Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword ; there was not a man left .
Jael's Deception and Victory
17Howbeit 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 . 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera , and said unto him , Turn in , my lord, turn in to me ; fear not . And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug . 19And 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 . 20And 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 . 21Then Jael Heber ’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand , and went softly unto him , and smote the pin into his temples , and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep ; so he swooned and died . 22And , 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 he came unto her ; and , behold , Sisera lay dead , and the tent-pin was in his temples . 23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel . 24And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan , until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan .