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The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud had died.
Judges 4:1 In-Context
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Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, now that Ehud was dead.
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So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim.
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Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
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Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
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She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.