The Koine Bible

And the sons of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord.

And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and the commander of his force, Sisera; and he himself was dwelling in Harosheth of the nations.

And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord, because he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed Israel with might twenty years.

And Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel in that time.

And she was sitting under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and between Bethel in Mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went up to her there to be judged.

And Debbora sent and called Barak son of Abineem out of Kedesh of Naphtali and said to him, Did not the Lord God of Israel command you? And you shall go to Mount Tabor and take with yourself ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.

and I will lead to you into the torrent Kishon Sisara, the commander of the force of Jabin, and his chariots and his multitude, and I will give him into your hand

And Barak said to her, If you go with me, I will go; and if you do not go with me, I will not go, because I do not know the day on which the Lord prospers the angel with me.

And Deborah said to him, Going I will go with you, except know that your precedence will not be on the way on which you are going, because into the hand of a woman the Lord will deliver Sisera. And Deborah rose up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

And Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up at his feet, and Deborah went up with him

And the neighbors of the Kenite separated themselves from the sons of Jothab, the son-in-law of Moses, and he pitched his tent by the oak of resting, which is beside Kedesh.

And they reported to Sisara that Barak son of Abineem had gone up to Mount Tabor

And Sisara called all his chariots, for there were nine hundred iron chariots to him, and all the people with him, from Harosheth of the nations to the wadi Kishon

And Debbora said to Barak, Rise up, because this is the day on which the Lord has given Sisara into your hand; behold, will not the Lord go out before you? And Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

And the Lord routed Sisara and all his chariots and all his camp by the edge of the sword before Barak, and Sisara got down from his chariot and fled on his feet.

And Barak was pursuing behind the chariots and behind the camp as far as the woodland of the nations, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the mouth of the sword; not one was left.

And Sisara withdrew on his feet into the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and between the house of Heber the Kenite

And Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear. And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with her skin.

And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray, a little water, for I am thirsty. And she opened the skin of milk and gave him drink and covered his face.

And he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, if anyone comes to you and asks you and says to you, Is a man here? then you shall say, There is not. And she covered him with her skin cover.

And Jael the wife of Heber took the tent peg and put the hammer in her hand, and she went in to him quietly and drove the peg into his jaw and into the ground, and he writhed between her knees, and he breathed out and died.

And behold, Barak was pursuing Sisara, and Iael went out to meet him and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking. And he went in to her, and behold, Sisara had fallen dead, and the tent-peg was in his jaw.

And the Lord God humbled Jabin king of Canaan on that day before the sons of Israel

And the hand of the sons of Israel went on advancing and being hardened against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him