9 And when the children of Israel lcried unto the Lord, the Lord mraised up a †*deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even nOthniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 10 And othe Spirit of the Lord †came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of †Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. 11 And pthe land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

12 q*And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon rthe king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 And he gathered unto him the children of sAmmon and tAmalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed uthe city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel vserved Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 *But when the children of Israel wcried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, ||a Benjamite, a man †lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent xa present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people ythat bare the present. 19 But he himself turned again zfrom the ||quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in †a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and ||the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and ashut the doors of the parlour upon him, and blocked them. 24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he ||covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they ctarried, and passed beyond the dquarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that ehe blew a trumpet in the fmountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for gthe Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took hthe fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all †lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And ithe land had rest fourscore years.

31 And after him was ||Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: kand he also delivered ||Israel.

4 *And athe children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the Lord bsold them into the hand of cJabin king of Canaan, that reigned in cHazor; the captain of whose host was ||Sisera, which dwelt in dHarosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel ecried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred fchariots of iron; and twenty years ghe mightily oppressed the children of Israel. 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between hRamah and Beth-el in imount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 *And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of kKedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount lTabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 7 And I will draw unto thee to the mriver Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and nI will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, oIf thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall psell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called qZebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men rat his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber sthe Kenite, which was of the children of tHobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto uthe plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount lTabor. 13 And Sisera †gathered together all his fchariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which nthe Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: wis not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount lTabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the Lord xdiscomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not †a man left. 17 Howbeit 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. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a ||mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle yof milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again 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. 21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took za nail of the tent, and †took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So aGod subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel †prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

5 Then asang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

2  Praise ye the Lord for the bavenging of Israel,

cWhen the people willingly offered themselves.

3  Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye dprinces;

I, even I, will sing unto the Lord;

I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

4  Lord, eWhen thou wentest out of Seir,

fWhen thou marchedst out of the field of Edom,

gThe earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,

The clouds also dropped water.

5  hThe mountains †melted from before the Lord,

Even that iSinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

6  In the days of jShamgar the son of Anath,

In the days of kJael, lthe highways were unoccupied,

And the †travellers walked through †byways.

7  The inhabitants of the mvillages ceased, they ceased in Israel,

Until that I Deborah arose,

That I arose a mother in Israel.

8  They nchose new gods;

Then was war in the gates:

oWas there a shield or spear seen

Among forty thousand in Israel?

9  My heart is toward the governors of Israel,

That poffered themselves willingly among the people.

Bless ye the Lord.

10  ||Speak, ye qthat ride on white asses,

rYe that sit in judgment,

And walk by the way.

11  They that are delivered from the noise of archers in sthe places of drawing water,

There shall they rehearse the †righteous acts of the Lord,

Even the †righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his mvillages in Israel:

Then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

12  tAwake, awake, Deborah:

Awake, awake, utter a song:

Arise, Barak,

And ulead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

13  Then he made him that remaineth xhave dominion over the nobles among the people:

The Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

14  Out of yEphraim was there a root of them against zAmalek;

After thee, Benjamin, among thy people;

Out of aMachir came down bgovernors,

And out of Zebulun they that †handle the pen of the writer.

15  And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

Even Issachar, and also cBarak:

He was sent on †foot into the valley.

||For the divisions of Reuben there were great †thoughts of heart.

16  Why abodest thou among the dsheepfolds,

To hear the ebleatings of fthe flocks?

||For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17  gGilead abode beyond Jordan:

And why did hDan remain in ships?

iAsher continued on the sea ||shore,

And abode in his ||breaches.

18  jZebulun and Naphtali were a people that †jeoparded their lives unto the death

In the high places of the field.

19  The kings came and fought,

Then fought the kings of Canaan

In kTaanach by the waters of lMegiddo;

mThey took no gain of money.

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