Verse 17
Judges 4:17
Free Bible Version
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Jael went to meet Sisera and told him, “Come on in, my lord, come in with me. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a thick blanket.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/סִֽיסְרָא֙ נָ֣ס בְּ/רַגְלָ֔י/ו אֶל אֹ֣הֶל יָעֵ֔ל אֵ֖שֶּׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַ/קֵּינִ֑י כִּ֣י שָׁל֗וֹם בֵּ֚ין יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ חָצ֔וֹר וּ/בֵ֕ין בֵּ֖ית חֶ֥בֶר הַ/קֵּינִֽי
English Translation
And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did what was evil in the Lord's sight.
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2
So the Lord sold them to Jabin, king of Canaan, who ruled from Hazor. His army commander was Sisera,...
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3
The Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots and he...
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4
Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was leading Israel as a judge at that time.
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5
She would sit under Deborah's Palm between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the...
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6
She sent for Barak, son of Abinoam, from the town of Kedesh in Naphtali and told him, “The Lord, the...
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7
I will bring Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon R...
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8
Barak replied, “If you come with me, I'll go; but if you don't come with me, I won't go.”
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9
“I'll definitely go with you,” Deborah answered, “but if you're going to take that route then you wo...
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10
Barak called up the armies of Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men assembled under his command...
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11
(Heber the Kenite had separated from the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law...
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12
Sisera heard that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone to Mount Tabor,
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13
Then Deborah told Barak, “Get going! Today the Lord has handed Sisera to you. Didn't the Lord march...
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14
When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a confused panic....
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15
Barak chased after the chariots and troops all the way to Harosheth-hagoyim. The whole of Sisera's a...
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16
In the meantime Sisera had run away to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there...
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17
Jael went to meet Sisera and told him, “Come on in, my lord, come in with me. Don't be afraid.” So h...
18
“Please give me a bit of water to drink, because I'm thirsty,” Sisera asked her. So she opened a ski...
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19
“Stand guard at the tent door,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you, ‘Is there is anyone her...
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20
But Jael, Heber's wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and crept quietly over to him where he lay...
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21
So when Barak came past, hunting for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him, and said, “Come here, and I'...
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22
That day God (Elohim) defeated Jabin, king of Canaan, in the presence of the Israelites.
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23
From then on Israel grew ever more powerful until they destroyed Jabin, king of Hazor.
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