Judges 4

And the sons of Israel again did what was evil before the Lord; and Aod had died.

And the Lord sold them into the hand of Iabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Asor; and the commander of his army was Sisara, and he dwelt in Arisoth of the nations.

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

And Debbora, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Laphidoth, she was judging Israel at that time.

And she used to sit under the palm tree of Debbora, between Rama and Baithel in Mount Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment.

And Debbora sent and called Barak son of Abineem out of Kades of Nephthali, and said to him: Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded you? You shall go to Mount Thabor and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Nephthali and from the sons of Zaboulon.

And I will bring to you, at the wadi Kison, Sisara the commander of Iabin's army, and his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hands.

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

And she said: Going I will go with you; only know that the advantage will not be yours on the road which you are going, for the Lord will sell Sisara into the hand of a woman. And Debbora arose and went with Barak from Kades.

And Barak summoned Zaboulon and Nephthali out of Kades; and ten thousand men went up at his feet, and Debbora went up with him.

Now Chaber the Kenite had separated from Kaina, from the sons of Iobab the father-in-law of Moses, and he pitched his tent as far as the oak of the covetous, which is near Kedes.

And it was reported to Sisara that Barak son of Abineem had gone up to Mount Thabor.

And Sisara summoned all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Arisoth of the nations to the wadi Kison.

And Debbora said to Barak: Arise, for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into your hand, for the Lord will go out before you. And Barak went down from Mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.

And the Lord threw Sisara and all his chariots and all his camp into panic by the mouth of the sword before Barak; and Sisara came down from his chariot and fled on foot.

And Barak was pursuing after the chariots and after the camp, as far as Harosoth of the nations; and all the camp of Sisara fell by the mouth of the sword — not so much as one was left.

But Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Iael the wife of Chaber, the comrade of the Kenite, because there was peace between Iabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite.

And Iael went out to meet Sisara and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not be afraid. And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she wrapped him in a covering.

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

And Sisara said to her, Stand, I pray, at the door of the tent; and it shall be, if a man comes to you and questions you and says, Is there a man here? then you shall say, There is not.

And Iael the wife of Chaber took the peg of the tent and put the hammer in her hand, and went in to him secretly, and drove the peg into his temple, and it passed through into the ground; and he, dazed, grew faint 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 lay flung down dead, with the peg in his temple.

And on that day God routed Iabin king of Chanaan before the sons of Israel.

And the hand of the sons of Israel went on, advancing and growing harder upon Iabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Iabin king of Chanaan.