After Ehud died , the Israelites ... again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan , who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera , who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim ....
Then the Israelites ... cried out to the LORD , because nine hundred chariots of iron , and he had harshly oppressed - the Israelites ... for twenty years.
Now Deborah , vvv a prophetess , the wife of Lappidoth , was judging - Israel at that time ....
And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah ... vvv and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim , where the Israelites ... would go up to her for judgment.
She summoned ... Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him , “ (Surely) the LORD , the God of Israel , is commanding you : ‘ Go and march to Mount Tabor , taking with you ten thousand men vvv of Naphtali vvv and Zebulun.
And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s - army , his chariots , - and his troops - to the River Kishon , - and I will deliver him into your hand. ’”
Barak said to her , “ If you will go with me , I will go ; but if you will not go with me , I will not go. ”
“ I will certainly go ... with you , ” Deborah replied , “ but ... - the road - you are taking will bring you no honor , because the LORD - will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman. ” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh ,
where he - summoned Zebulun - and Naphtali -. Ten thousand men followed him , and Deborah also went with him.
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites , the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses , and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim , which was near Kedesh.
When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor ,
(he) - summoned all - nine hundred of his iron chariots - and all the men - with him , from Harosheth-hagoyim ... to the River Kishon.
Then Deborah said to Barak , “ Arise , for this is the day that the LORD - has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you ? ” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
And in front of (him) the LORD - routed vvv with the sword Sisera , - all his charioteers , - and all his army. Sisera abandoned ... his chariot and fled on foot.
Then Barak pursued ... the chariots ... and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim , ... and the whole army of Sisera ... fell by the sword ; not a single man was left ....
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael , the wife of Heber the Kenite , because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Jael ... went out to greet Sisera and said to him , “ Come in , my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid. ” So he entered ... her tent , and she covered him with a blanket.
(Sisera) said to her , “ Please give me a little water to drink , for I am thirsty. ” So she opened - a container of milk , gave him a drink , and covered him again.
“ Stand at the entrance to the tent , ” he said - , “ and if anyone comes and asks you , ‘ Is there a man ... here ? ’ say , ‘ No. ’”
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion , Heber’s - wife Jael took a tent peg , grabbed - a hammer ... , and went silently to Sisera. She drove - the peg through his temple (and) into the ground , and he died.
When Barak arrived in pursuit of - Sisera , Jael went out to greet him and said “ Come , and I will show you - the man - you are seeking. ” So he went in with her , and there lay Sisera dead , with a tent peg through his temple.
On that - day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites ....
And the hand vvv of the Israelites grew stronger - and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until - they destroyed - him. ... ...