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| Judges 4:1 |
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And the children of Israel again did evil in
the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. |
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| Judges 4:2 |
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And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin
king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. |
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| Judges 4:3 |
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And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD:
for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed
the children of Israel. |
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| Judges 4:4 |
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And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,
she judged Israel at that time. |
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| Judges 4:5 |
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And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah
between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up
to her for judgment. |
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| Judges 4:6 |
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And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam
out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded,
saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of
the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? |
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| Judges 4:7 |
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And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon
Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and
I will deliver him into thine hand. |
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| Judges 4:8 |
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And 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. |
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| Judges 4:9 |
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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
sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to
Kedesh. |
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| Judges 4:10 |
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And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh;
and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. |
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| Judges 4:11 |
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Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children
of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and
pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. |
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| Judges 4:12 |
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And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of
Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. |
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| Judges 4:13 |
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And Sisera gathered together all his chariots,
even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from
Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. |
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| Judges 4:14 |
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And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is
the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD
gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men
after him. |
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| Judges 4:15 |
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And 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. |
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| Judges 4:16 |
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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. |
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| Judges 4:17 |
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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. |
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| Judges 4:18 |
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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. |
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| Judges 4:19 |
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And he said unto her, Give me, 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. |
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| Judges 4:20 |
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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 there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. |
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Then Jael Heber's wife took a 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. |
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| Judges 4:22 |
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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. |
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| Judges 4:23 |
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So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of
Canaan before the children of Israel. |
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| Judges 4:24 |
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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. |
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