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chapter 4
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And
the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord after the death
of Aod,
2 And the Lord delivered them up into the hands of
Jaban king of Chanaan, who reigned in Asor: and he had a general of his army
named Sisara, and he dwelt in Haroseth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: for he
had nine hundred chariots set with scythes, and for twenty years had grievously
oppressed them.
4 And there was at that time Debbora a prophetess the
wife of Lapidoth, who judged the people,
5 And she sat under a palm tree, which was called by
her name, between Rama and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel
came up to her for all judgment.
6 And she sent and called Barac the son of Abinoem out
of Cedes in Nephtali: and she said to him: The Lord God of Israel hath
commanded thee: Go, and lead an army to mount Thabor, and thou shalt take with
thee ten thousand fighting men of the children of Nephtali, and of the children
of Zabulon:
7 And I will bring unto thee in the place of the
torrent Cison, Sisara the general of Jabin's army, and his chariots, and all his
multitude, and will deliver them into thy hand.
8 And Barac said to her: If thou wilt come with me, I
will go: if thou wilt not come with me, I will not go.
9 She said to him: I will go indeed with thee, but at
this time the victory shall not be attributed to thee, because Sisara shall be
delivered into the hand of a woman. Debbora therefore arose, and went with
Barac to Cedes.
10 And he called unto him Zabulon and Nepbtali, and
went up with ten thousand fighting men, having Debbora in his company.
11 Now Haber the Cinite had some time before departed
from the rest of the Cinites his brethren the sons of Hobab, the kinsman of
Moses: and had pitched his tents unto the valley which is called Sellnim, and
was near Cedes.
12 And it was told Sisara, that Barac the son of
Ablinoem was gone up to mount Thabor:
13 And he gathered together his nine hundred chariots
armed with scythes, and all his army from Haroseth of the Gentiles to the
torrent Cison.
14 And Debbora said to Barac: Arise, for this is the
day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisara into thy hands: behold he is thy
leader. And Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand fighting men
with him.
15 And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and all
his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge of the sword, at the sight
of Barac, insomuch that Sisara leaping down from off his chariot, fled away on
foot.
16 And Barac pursued after the fleeing chariots and the
army unto Haroseth of the Gentiles, and all the multitude of the enemies was
utterly destroyed.
17 But Sisara fleeing came to the tent of Jahel the
wife of Haber the Cinite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Asor,
and the house of Haber the Cinite.
18 And Jahel went forth to meet Sisara, and said to
him: Come in to me, my lord, come in, fear not. He went in to her tent, and
being covered by her with a cloak,
19 Said to her: Give me, I beseech thee, a little
water, for I am very thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to
drink, and covered him.
20 And Sisara said to her: Stand before the door of the
tent, and when any shall come and inquire of thee, saying: Is there any man
here? thou shalt say: There is none.
21 So Jahel Haber's wife took a nail of the tent, and
taking also a hammer: and going in softly, and with silence, she put the nail
upon the temples of his head, and striking it With the hammer, drove it through
his brain fast into the ground: and so passing from deep sleep to death, he
fainted away and died.
22 And behold Barac came pursuing after Sisara: and
Jahel went out to meet him, and said to him: Come, and I will shew thee, the
man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, be saw Sisara lying
dead, and the nail fastened in his temples.
23 So God that day humbled Jabin the king of Chanaan
before the children of Israel:
24 Who grew daily stronger, and with a mighty hand
overpowered Jabin king of Chanaan, till they quite destroyed him.
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