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Judges 4
²² When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple.
²³ So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.
²⁴ And from that time on Israel became stronger and stronger against King Jabin until they finally destroyed him.
Judges 5
¹ On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
² “Israel’s leaders took charge, and the people gladly followed. Praise the LORD!
³ “Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the LORD. I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.
⁴ “LORD, when you set out from Seir and marched across the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the cloudy skies poured down rain.
⁵ The mountains quaked in the presence of the LORD, the God of Mount Sinai— in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.
⁶ “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.
⁷ There were few people left in the villages of Israel— until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.
⁸ When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!