Judges 4:14   (Read all of Judges 4)

Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 4:15   (Read all of Judges 4)

At Barak's advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

Judges 4:16   (Read all of Judges 4)

Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera's troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.

Judges 4:17   (Read all of Judges 4)

Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 4:18   (Read all of Judges 4)

Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come, my lord, come right in. Don't be afraid." So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

Judges 4:19   (Read all of Judges 4)

"I'm thirsty," he said. "Please give me some water." She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.

Judges 4:20   (Read all of Judges 4)

"Stand in the doorway of the tent," he told her. "If someone comes by and asks you, 'Is anyone in there?' say 'No.' "

Judges 4:21   (Read all of Judges 4)

But Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

Judges 4:22   (Read all of Judges 4)

Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. "Come," she said, "I will show you the man you're looking for." So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple-dead.

Judges 4:23   (Read all of Judges 4)

On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

Judges 5:1   (Read all of Judges 5)

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:3   (Read all of Judges 5)

"Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.

Judges 5:4   (Read all of Judges 5)

"When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5   (Read all of Judges 5)

The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:6   (Read all of Judges 5)

"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.

Judges 5:8   (Read all of Judges 5)

God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:10   (Read all of Judges 5)

"You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider

Judges 5:11   (Read all of Judges 5)

the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the victories of the Lord, the victories of his villagers in Israel. "Then the people of the Lordwent down to the city gates.

Judges 5:12   (Read all of Judges 5)

'Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.'

Judges 5:14   (Read all of Judges 5)

Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.

Judges 5:15   (Read all of Judges 5)

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent under his command into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

Judges 5:16   (Read all of Judges 5)

Why did you stay among the sheep pensto hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

Judges 5:17   (Read all of Judges 5)

Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves.

Judges 5:18   (Read all of Judges 5)

The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.