Judges 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
2And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8And 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.
9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
12And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
15And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
19And 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, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85322× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֵלʼêlH41316× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- סִיסְרָאÇîyçᵉrâʼH551613× in this chapter
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
- הָלַךְhâlakH198012× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- בֵּןbênH112111× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בָּרָקBârâqH130110× in this chapter
Barak, an Israelite
- אָמַרʼâmarH55910× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30688× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34788× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- הוּאhûwʼH19317× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8347× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- יָבִיןYâbîynH29856× in this chapter
Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings
- יָדyâdH30276× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- אִישׁʼîyshH3766× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עִםʻimH59736× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- רֶכֶבrekebH73936× in this chapter
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1685× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- דְּבּוֹרָהDᵉbôwrâhH16835× in this chapter
Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44285× in this chapter
a king
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8025× in this chapter
a woman
- הַרharH20224× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- חֶבֶרCheberH22684× in this chapter
Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites
- יָעֵלYâʻêlH32784× in this chapter
Jael, a Canaanite
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36674× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59274× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- קֶדֶשׁQedeshH69434× in this chapter
Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine
- בֵּיןbêynH9964× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- גּוֹיgôwyH14713× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- חֲרֹשֶׁתChărôshethH28003× in this chapter
Charosheth, a place in Palestine
- אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33183× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יָתֵדyâthêdH34893× in this chapter
a peg
- מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מַחֲנֶהmachănehH42643× in this chapter
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
- אֶלֶףʼelephH5053× in this chapter
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
- אִםʼimH5183× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not