¶ And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

And the LORD sold² them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor³; the captain of whose host was Sisera⁴, which dwelt in Harosheth⁵ of the Gentiles.

And the children of Israel cried⁶ unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots⁷ of iron; and twenty years he mightily⁸ oppressed the children of Israel.

¶ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And she dwelt under the palm¹⁰ tree of Deborah between¹¹ Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up¹² to her for judgment.

And she sent and called Barak¹³ the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali¹⁴, and said unto him, Hath¹⁵ not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor¹⁶, and take with thee ten thousand¹⁷ men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

And I¹⁸ will draw unto thee to the river Kishon¹⁹ Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver²⁰ him into thine hand.

²¹And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding²² the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera²³ into²⁴ the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

¶ And Barak called Zebulun²⁵ and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his²⁶ feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Now Heber²⁷ the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab²⁸ the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim²⁹, which is by Kedesh.

And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor³¹.

And Sisera gathered³² together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron³³, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

And Deborah said unto Barak, Up³⁴; for this³⁵ is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not³⁶ the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount³⁷ Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

³⁸And the LORD discomfited 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.

But Barak pursued³⁹ 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 there⁴⁰ was not a man left⁴¹.

¶ Howbeit Sisera fled⁴² away on his feet to the tent of Jael⁴³ the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace⁴⁴ between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

And Jael⁴⁵ 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 mantle⁴⁶.

And he said unto her, Give me,⁴⁷ I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

¶ Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there⁴⁸ any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

Then Jael Heber's wife took⁴⁹ a nail⁵⁰ of the tent, and took⁵¹ 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 died⁵².

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will⁵³ 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.

⁵⁴So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

And the hand of the children of Israel prospered⁵⁵, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.