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But the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD when Ehud was dead.
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And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose host
was Sisera, and he dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
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And the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had mightily oppressed the sons of Israel for twenty years.
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And a woman judged Israel at that time, Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth.
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This Deborah dwelt under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in Mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh of Naphtali and said unto him, Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded thee,
saying, Go and draw toward Mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun?
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And I will draw Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, unto thee to the river Kishon, with his chariots and his multitude, and I will deliver him into thy hands.
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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.
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And
she said, I will surely go with thee, but thy honour shall not be in the way that thou goest; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
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And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went up with ten thousand men on foot, and Deborah went up with him.