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Jael kills Sisera.

CHAP. V.

Song of Deborah and Barak. the Gentiles and all the host o sera in the gates: was there a shield or spear fell upon the edge of the sword; and there seen among forty thousand in Israel?" was not a man left.

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9 My heart is towards the governors of Israel that offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye the LORD.

10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

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11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts towards the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

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, 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, and gave him drink, and covered him. awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the lead thy captivity captive, thou son of door of the tent, and it shall be, when any Abinoam.

man doth come and inquire of thee, and 13 Then he made him that remaineth say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt have dominion over the nobles among the say, No. people: the LORD made me have do

21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail minion over the mighty.

of the tent, and took an hammer in her 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of hand, and went softly unto him, and smote them against Amalek; after thee, Benjathe nail into his temples, and fastened it min, among thy people; out of Machir into the ground: for he was fast asleep, came down governors, and out of Zebuand weary. So he died. lun they that handle the pen of the writer. 22 And behold, as Barak pursued Si- 15 And the princes of Issachar were sera, Jael came out to meet him, and said with Deborah; even Issachar, and also unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the Barak: he was sent on foot into the valman whom thou seekest. And when he ley. For the divisions of Reuben there came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, were great thoughts of heart. 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. CHAP. V.

HEN Deborah and

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Tsen of Abindam on that day, saying,

2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea-shore, and abode in his breaches.

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded they lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Tanachby 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain princes; I,even I, will sing unto the LORD; of money. willsing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 20 They fought from heaven; the stars 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, in their courses fought against Sisera. when thou marchedst out of the field of 21 The river of Kishon swept them Edom, the earth trembled, and the hea- away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. vens dropped, the clouds also dropped Omy soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by 5 The mountains melted from before the means of the prancings, the prancings the LORD, even that Sinai from before the of their mighty ones. LORD God of Israel.

water.

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways thereof; because they came not to the were unoccupied, and the travellers walk- help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD ed through by-ways. against the mighty.

7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

8 They chose new gods; then was war

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

25 He asked water, and she gave him

The Israelites oppressed by Midian. JUDGES.

Gideon sent to deliver them. milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly out from before you, and gave you their land; dish.

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD right hand to the workmen's hammer; and your God; fear not the gods of the Amowith the hammer she smote Sisera, she rites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have smote off his head, when she had pierced not obeyed my voice. and stricken through his temples.

11 T And there came an angel of the 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay LORD, and sat under an oak which was in down at her feet he bowed, he fell: Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from a window, and cried through the lattice, the Midianites. Why is his chariot so long in coming? why 12 And the angel of the LORD appeartarry the wheels of his chariots ? ed unto him, and said unto him, The LORD 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. she returned answer to herself, 13 And Gideon said unto him, O my

30 Have they not sped? have they not Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is divided the prey; to every man a damsel all this befallen us? and where be all his or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, miracles which our fathers told us of, saya prey of divers colours of needle-work, ing, Did not the LORD bring us up from of divers colours of needle-work on both Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken sides, meet for the necks of them that take us, and delivered us into the hands of the the spoil? Midianites.

31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

CHAP. VI.

AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites have not I sent thee?

15 And he said unto him, O my LORD,

wherewith shall I save Israel 2 behold, me family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite against Israel: and because of the Midi- the Midianites as one man.

anites the children of Israel made them the 17 And he said unto him, If now I have dens whichare in the mountains, and caves, found grace in thy sight, then shew me a and strong holds. sign that thou talkest with mẹ.

3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, unthat the Midianites came up, and the Ama-til I come unto thee, and bring forth my prelekites, and the children of the east, even sent, and set it before thee. And he said, they came up against them: I will tarry until thou come again.*

4 And they encamped against them, 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready and destroyed the increase of the earth, a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah till thou come unto Gaza; and left no sus- of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and tenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

nor ass.

5 For they came up with their cattle 20 And the angel of God said unto him, and their tents, and they came as grass-Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, hoppers for multitude; for both they and and lay them upon this rock, and pour out their camels were without number: and the broth. And he did so. they entered into the land to destroy it. 21 Then the angel of the LORD put 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished forth the end of the staff that was in his because of the Midianites; and the chil-hand, and touched the flesh and the undren of Israel cried unto the LORD. leavened cakes; and there rose up fire out 7 And it came to pass, when the chil- of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the dren of Israel cried unto the LORD because unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the of the Midianites, LORD departed out of his sight.

8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto 22 And when Gideon perceived that he the children of Israel, which said unto them, was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen brought you up from Egypt, and brought an angel of the LORD face to face. you forth out of the house of bondage;

23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace 9 And I delivered you out of the hand be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of 24 Then Gideon built an altar there all that oppressed you, and drave them unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-sha

Gideon's fleece.

CHAP. VII. He is encouraged by a dream. lom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of ther, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, the Abi-ezrites. a bowl-full of water.

25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not that the LORD said unto him, Take thy thine anger be hot against me, and I father's young bullock, even the second will speak but this once: Let me prove, I bullock of seven years old, and throw down pray thee, but this once with the fleece; the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and cut down the grove that is by it: upon all the ground let there be dew. 26 And build an altar unto the LORD 40 And God did so that night: for it was thy God upon the top of this rock, in the dry upon the fleece only, and there was ordered place, and take the second bullock, dew on all the ground. and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

CHAP. VII.

cut en the people that were and 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his THEN Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and servants, and did as the LORD had said unto rose up early and pitched beside the well him and so it was, because he feared his of Harod: so that the host of the Midianfather's household, and the men of the city, ites were on the north side of them by the that he could not do it by day, that he did hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The 28 T And when the men of the city people that are with thee are too many arose early in the morning, behold, the al-for me to give the Midianites into their tar of Baal was cast down, and the grove hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against was cut down that was by it, and the se-me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. cond bullock was offered upon the altar 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the that was built.

it by night.

29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall e,that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the 31 And Joash said unto all that stood same shall go with thee; and of whomsoagainst him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ever I say unto thee, This shall not go ye save him? he that will plead for him, with thee, the same shall not go.

let him be put to death whilst it is yet morn- 5 So he brought down the people unto ing: if he be a god, let him plead for him- the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, self, because one hath cast down his altar. Every one that lappeth of the water with 32 Therefore on that day he called him his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against set by himself; likewise every one that him, because he hath thrown down his altar. boweth down upon his knees to drink. 33 Then all the Midianites, and the 6 And the number of them that lapped, Amalekites, and the children of the east putting their hand to their mouth, were were gathered together, and went over, three hundred men: but all the rest of the and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

8 So the people took victuals in their, hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men. And the host of Midian was beneath him

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in in the valley. the floor: and if the dew be on the fleece 9¶ And it came to pass the same night, only, and it be dry upon all the earth be- that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get sides, then shall I know that thou wilt save thee down unto the host; for I have deIsrael by mine hand, as thou hast said. livered it into thine hand.

38 And it was so: for he rose up early 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou on the morrow, and thrust the fleece toge-with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

The Midianites overthrown.

JUDGES.

The Ephraimites pacified.

11 And thou shalt hear what they selves together out of Naphtali, and out of say; and afterward shall thine hands be Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and purstrengthened to go down unto the host. sued after the Midianites. 24 T And Gideon sent messengers Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, were in the host. Come down against the Midianites, and

12 And the Midianites, and the Amale- take before them the waters unto Beth-bakites, and all the children of the east, lay rah and Jordan. Then all the men of along in the valley like grasshoppers for Ephraim gathered themselves together, multitude; and their camels were without and took the waters unto Beth-barah and number, as the sand by the sea-side for Jordan. multitude.

25 And they took two princes of the 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew there was a man that told a dream unto his Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, and purdream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread sued Midian, and brought the heads of tumbled into the host of Midian, and came Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and side Jordan. overturned it that the tent lay along.

CHAP. VIII.

ND the men of Ephraim said unto

14 And his fellow answered, and said. A him, Why hast thou served us thus,

This is nothing else save the sword of Gide

on the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for that thou calledst us not when thou wentinto his hand hath God delivered Midian, est to fight with the Midianites? and they and all the host. did chide with him sharply.

15 T And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and 16 And he divided the three hundred what was I able to do in comparison of men into three companies, and he put a you? Then their anger was abated totrumpet in every man's hand, with empty ward him, when he had said that. pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and pass17 And he said unto them, Look on me, ed over, he, and the three hundred men and do likewise: and behold, when I come that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. to the outside of the camp, it shall be that 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, as I do, so shall ye do. Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and people that follow me: for they be faint, all that are with me, then blow ye the and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zaltrumpets also on every side of all the camp, munna, kings of Midian. and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

6 ¶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now 19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men in thine hand, that we should give bread that were with him, came unto the outside unto thine army?

of the camp in the beginning of the middle 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the watch; and they had but newly set the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmuuna watch and they blew the trumpets, and into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh brake the pitchers that were in their hands. with the thorns of the wilderness and with 20 And the three companies blew the briers.

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trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and the lamps in their left hands, and the trum- spake unto them likewise: and the men of pets in their right hands to blow withal: Penuel answered him as the men of Sucand they cried, The sword of the LORD, Coth had answered him.

and of Gideon.

9 And he spake also unto the men of 21 And they stood every man in his Penuel, saying, When I come again in place round about the camp; and all the peace, I will break down this tower. host ran, and cried, and fled. 10 T Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in

22 And the three hundred blew the Karkor, and their hosts with them, about trumpets, and the LORD set every man's fifteen thousand men, all that were left of sword against his fellow, even throughout all the hosts of the children of the east: all the host: and the host fled to Beth-for there fell a hundred and twenty thoushittah in Zererath, and to the border of sand men that drew sword.

bel-meholah, unto Tabbath. 11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way 23 And the men of Israel gathered them- of them that dwelt in tents on the east of

Zebah and Zalmunna slain.

CHAP. IX.

Abimelech made king. Nobah and Jog behah, and smote the host: besides the chains that were about their for the host was secure. camels' necks.

12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna! 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, fied, he pursued after them, and took the and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmun- all Israel went thither a whoring after it: na, and discomfited all the host. which thing became a snare unto Gideon,

13 And Gideon the son of Joash re-and to his house. turned from battle before the sun was up, 28 Thus was Midian subdued before 14 And caught a young man of the men the children of Israel, so that they lifted of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he up their heads no more. And the country described unto him the princes of Suc-was in quietness forty years in the days of coth, and the elders thereof, even three- Gideon.

score and seventeen men.

29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash

15 And he came unto the men of Suc- went and dwelt in his own house. coth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zal- 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten munna, with whom ye did upbraid me, sons of his body begotten: for he had saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zal-many wives.

munna now in thine hand, that we should 31 And his concubine that was in Shegive bread unto thy men that are weary? chem, she also bare him a son, whose 16 And he took the elders of the city, name he called Abimelech.

and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, 32 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died and with them he taught the men of Suc-in a good old age, and was buried in the coth. sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah 17 And he beat down the tower of Pe- of the Abi-ezrites. nuel, and slew the men of the city.

33 And it came to pass as soon as Gi18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zal-deon was dead, that the children of Israel munna, What manner of men were they turned again, and went a whoring after whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answer- Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. ed, As thou art, so were they; each one 34 And the children of Israel rememresembled the children of a king. bered not the LORD their God, who had 19 And he said, They were my breth-delivered them out of the hands of all ren, even the sons of my mother: as the their enemies on every side: LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the I would not slay you. house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, ac20 And he said unto Jether his first-cording to all the goodness which he had born, Up, and slay them. But the youth shewed unto Israel. drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

CHAP. IX.

ND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, went to Shechem unto his mother's Rise thou, and fall upon us for as the brethren, and communed with them, and man is, so is his strength. And Gideon with all the family of the house of his arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and mother's father, saying,

took away the ornaments that were on 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all their camels' necks. the men of Shechem, Whether is better

22 ¶ Then the men of Israel said unto for you, either that all the sons of JerubGideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and baal, which are threescore and ten perthy son, and thy son's son also: for thou sons, reign over you, or that one reign. hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. over you? remember also that I am your 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will bone and your flesh.

not rule over you, neither shall my son 3 And his mother's brethren spake of rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. him in the ears of all the men of Shechem 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would all these words: and their hearts inclined desire a request of you, that you would to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is give me every man the ear-rings of his our brother. prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, be- 4 And they gave him threescore and ten cause they were Ishmeelites.) pieces of silver out of the house of Baal25 And they answered, We will will-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain ingly give them. And they spread a gar- and light persons, which followed him. ment, and did cast there in every man the 5 And he went unto his father's house ear-rings of his prey. at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons

26 And the weight of the golden ear- of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten rings that he requested, was a thousand persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding, and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal ornaments, and collars, and purple rai- was left; for he hid himself.

ment that was on the kings of Midian, and] 6 And all the men of Shechem gather

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