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    Judges 4

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    Sisera came to battle with nine hundred iron chariots and ended it on foot, seeking refuge in a tent where the milk was served before the tent peg appeared.

    A summons, with a sting in itvv. 1–11

    After Ehud died, Israel returned to evil, and Jabin of Canaan oppressed the Israelites for twenty years with nine hundred iron chariots. Deborah was judging Israel beneath the Palm of Deborah, and from there she summoned Barak to gather Naphtali and Zebulun at Tabor. Barak would go only if Deborah went too; Deborah agreed, while warning that the road would bring him no honor, since Sisera would be sold into the hand of a woman. At Kedesh, ten thousand men gathered. Nearby, Heber the Kenite had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim—a useful detail, as tents sometimes turn out to be more strategically placed than chariots.

    The chariots lose their mannersvv. 12–16

    Sisera brought the entire iron display from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon. Deborah told Barak to arise, and Barak came down from Mount Tabor with his ten thousand. The LORD routed Sisera, his charioteers, and his army; Sisera abandoned the chariot that had brought him and fled on foot. Barak pursued the shattered army back to Harosheth-hagoyim, and not one of Sisera’s men remained.

    A tent, a drink, and a pegvv. 17–24

    Sisera fled to Jael’s tent because there was peace between Jabin and Heber’s household. Jael welcomed him, covered him, gave him milk when he asked for water, and covered him again. Sisera then instructed her to deny that any man was there, which was not his finest arrangement of the evening. While he slept from exhaustion, Jael drove a tent peg through his temple and into the ground. Barak arrived too late for the honor Deborah had mentioned; Jael showed him the dead man. On that day Jabin was subdued, and Israel grew stronger until Jabin was destroyed.

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    1. Judg 4:1After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

    2. Judg 4:2So 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.

    3. Judg 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

    4. Judg 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

    5. Judg 4:5And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

    6. Judg 4:6She 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 of Naphtali and Zebulun.

    7. Judg 4:7And 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.’”

    8. Judg 4:8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

    9. Judg 4:9“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,

    10. Judg 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

    11. Judg 4:11Now 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.

    12. Judg 4:12When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

    13. Judg 4:13he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.

    14. Judg 4:14Then 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.

    15. Judg 4:15And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

    16. Judg 4:16Then 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.

    17. Judg 4:17Meanwhile, 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.

    18. Judg 4:18Jael 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.

    19. Judg 4:19Sisera 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.

    20. Judg 4:20“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

    21. Judg 4:21But 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.

    22. Judg 4:22When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “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.

    23. Judg 4:23On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

    24. Judg 4:24And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

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    • 142 Samuel 5:24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
    • 14Deuteronomy 9:3But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
    • 6Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
    • 14Isaiah 52:12For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
    • 3Judges 1:19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
    • 6Judges 8:18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
    • 6Hebrews 11:32And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
    • 10Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
    • 1Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
    • 2Judges 4:16Then 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.
    • 2Joshua 11:1Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
    • 2Judges 4:13he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.
    • 4Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
    • 91 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
    • 11Joshua 19:33Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
    • 11Numbers 10:29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

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