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Shaphatiym 4

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4:1

The Prophetic Command and the Fall of Sisera

And the children of Yashar'al again did evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, when Ehud was dead.

4:2

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 sold them into the hand of Yabin king of Kena’an, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Goyim.

4:3

And the children of Yashar'al cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Yashar'al.

4:4

The Prophetic Office of Daburah

And Daburah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Yashar'al at that time.

4:5

And she dwelt under the palm tree of Daburah between Ramah and Beyth-El in mount Aphrayiym: and the children of Yashar'al came up to her for judgment.

4:6

The Commission of Baraq

And she sent and called Baraq the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-Naphtaliy, and said unto him, "Hath not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtaliy and of the children of Zabalun?"

4:7

"And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Yabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand."

4:8

The Hesitation and the Consequence

And Baraq 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."

4:9

And she said, "I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." And Daburah arose, and went with Baraq to Kedesh.

4:10

And Baraq called Zabalun and Naphtaliy to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Daburah went up with him.

4:11

The Strategic Placement of the Kenite

Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Mushah, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

4:12

The Battle at Mount Tabor

And they showed Sisera that Baraq the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

4:13

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 Goyim unto the river of Kishon.

4:14

And Daburah said unto Baraq, "Up; for this is the day in which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gone out before thee?" So Baraq went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

4:15

The Celestial Override of the Iron Chariots

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Baraq; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

4:16

But Baraq pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Goyim: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

4:17

The Flight to the Tent of Yael

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Yael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Yabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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And Yael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, "Turn in, my adun, turn in to me; fear not." And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

4:19

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.

4:20

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

4:21

The Execution by the Tent Peg

Then Yael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took a 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.

4:22

And, behold, as Baraq pursued Sisera, Yael came out to meet him, and said unto him, "Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest." And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

4:23

The Fall of the Hazor Matrix

So Alahiym subdued on that day Yabin the king of Kena’an before the children of Yashar'al.

4:24

And the hand of the children of Yashar'al prospered, and prevailed against Yabin the king of Kena’an, until they had destroyed Yabin king of Kena’an.