Deborah and Barak

4 Then ^(A)the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died. ² So the Lord sold them into the hand of ^(B)Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in ^(C)Harosheth-hagoyim. ³ The sons of Israel cried out to the Lord; for he had nine hundred ^(D)iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

⁴ Now Deborah, a ^[a]prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. ⁵ She used to ^[b]sit under the ^(E)palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment. ⁶ Now she sent word and summoned ^(F)Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “^[c]The Lord, the God of Israel, has indeed commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun. ⁷ I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his ^[d]many troops to the river Kishon, and ^(G)I will hand him over to you.’” ⁸ Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” ⁹ She said, “I will certainly go with you; however, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, ^(H)for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

⁸ On the next day we left and came to ^(A)Caesarea, and we entered the house of ^(B)Philip the ^(C)evangelist, who was ^(D)one of the seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ Now this man had four virgin daughters who were ^(E)prophetesses.