Judges 4
New King James Version
Deborah
4 When Ehud was dead, (A)the children of Israel again did (B)evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 So the Lord (C)sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in (D)Hazor. The commander of his army was (E)Sisera, who dwelt in (F)Harosheth Hagoyim. 3 And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred (G)chariots of iron, and for twenty years (H)he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 (I)And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 Then she sent and called for (J)Barak the son of Abinoam from (K)Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded, ‘Go and [a]deploy troops at Mount (L)Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; 7 and against you (M)I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the (N)River Kishon; and I will [b]deliver him into your hand’?”
8 And 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 So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will (O)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called (P)Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men (Q)under[c] his command, and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now Heber (R)the Kenite, of the children of (S)Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, (T)which is beside Kedesh.
12 And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13 So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, [d]“Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. (U)Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. 16 But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was (V)left.
17 However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of (W)Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a [e]blanket.
19 Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened (X)a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’ ”
21 Then Jael, Heber’s wife, (Y)took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. 22 And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.
23 So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Judges 4:6 march
- Judges 4:7 Lit. draw
- Judges 4:10 Lit. at his feet
- Judges 4:14 Arise!
- Judges 4:18 rug
Domarboken 4
Svenska Folkbibeln
Debora
4 När Ehud var död gjorde Israel åter det som var ont i Herrens ögon. 2 Då sålde Herren dem i den kananeiske kungen Jabins hand. Han regerade i Hasor, och hans befälhavare var Sisera, som bodde i Haroset-Haggojim. 3 Israels barn ropade till Herren, ty Jabin hade niohundra vagnar av järn och hade förtryckt Israel våldsamt i tjugo år.
4 Debora, en profetissa, Lappidots hustru, var vid den tiden domare i Israel. 5 Hon brukade sitta under Deborapalmen mellan Rama och Betel i Efraims bergsbygd, och Israels barn kom dit upp till henne för att hon skulle skipa rätt. 6 Hon sände bud och kallade till sig Barak, Abinoams son från Kedesh i Naftali, och sade till honom: "Har inte Herren, Israels Gud, befallt: Drag upp på berget Tabor och tag med dig tiotusen man av Naftali och Sebulons stammar. 7 Ty jag skall dra Sisera, Jabins befälhavare, med hans vagnar och skaror till dig vid floden Kishon och ge honom i din hand."
8 Barak sade till henne: "Om du går med mig så går jag, men om du inte går med mig så går inte heller jag." 9 Då svarade hon: "Ja, jag skall gå med dig, men äran skall då inte bli din på den väg du går, utan Herren skall sälja Sisera i en kvinnas hand." Så stod Debora upp och gick med Barak till Kedesh. 10 Barak kallade samman Sebulon och Naftali till Kedesh, och tiotusen man följde honom dit upp. Debora gick också med honom.
11 Men keniten Heber hade skilt sig från de övriga keniterna, från ättlingarna till Moses svärfar Hobab, och han hade sina tältplatser ända till terebinten i Saannim vid Kedesh.
12 När man berättade för Sisera att Barak, Abinoams son, hade dragit upp på berget Tabor, 13 samlade han alla sina vagnar, niohundra vagnar av järn, och dessutom allt folk han hade, från Haroset-Haggojim till floden Kishon. 14 Men Debora sade till Barak: "Bryt upp, för detta är den dag då Herren har gett Sisera i din hand. Se, Herren har dragit ut framför dig." Så gick Barak ner från berget Tabor, och tiotusen man följde honom. 15 Och Herren sände förvirring över Sisera och alla hans vagnar och hela hans här, så att de vek tillbaka för Baraks svärd. Sisera steg ner från sin vagn och flydde till fots. 16 Barak förföljde vagnarna och hären ända till Haroset-Haggojim, och hela Siseras här föll för svärd. Inte en enda kom undan.
Jael dödar Sisera
17 Men Sisera hade flytt till fots till Jaels tält, hustru till keniten Heber, ty vänskap rådde mellan Jabin, kungen i Hasor, och keniten Hebers hus. 18 Jael gick för att möta Sisera och sade till honom: "Kom in, min herre, kom in till mig, var inte rädd." Då gick han in till henne i tältet och hon lade över honom ett täcke. 19 Han sade till henne: "Ge mig lite vatten att dricka för jag är törstig". Hon öppnade mjölkkärlet och gav honom att dricka och lade sedan över honom igen. 20 Han sade till henne: "Ställ dig vid ingången till tältet, och om någon kommer och frågar dig om det är någon här, så svara nej."
21 Men Jael, Hebers hustru, grep en tältplugg och tog en hammare i handen. Därefter gick hon sakta fram till Sisera och slog pluggen genom hans tinning så att den gick ner i marken, för han låg i djup sömn, medtagen av trötthet. Och han dog. 22 Och se, då kom Barak jagande efter Sisera. Jael gick ut för att möta honom och sade: "Kom hit, så skall jag visa dig den man som du söker." Han kom in till henne, och se, där låg Sisera död, med tältpluggen genom tinningen.
23 Så kuvade Gud på den dagen Jabin, kungen i Kanaan, inför Israels barn. 24 Och israeliternas hand vilade allt tyngre på Jabin, kungen i Kanaan, till dess de helt gjorde slut på honom.
Judges 4
King James Version
4 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 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.
3 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.
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 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.
6 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?
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
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 Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
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.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 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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