Judges 4:2-13

2So the Lord sold them into the hand of 1Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in 2Harosheth-hagoyim. 3The sons of Israel cried out to the Lord; for he had nine hundred 3iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

4Now Deborah, a 4prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5She used to 5sit under the 6palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment. 6Now she sent word and summoned 7Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, “8The Lord, the God of Israel, has indeed commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun. 7I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his 9many troops to the river Kishon, and 10I will hand him over to you.’” 8Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9She said, “I will certainly go with you; however, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, 11for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10Barak summoned 12Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up 1314with him; Deborah also went up with him.

11Now Heber 15the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the 16father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the 17oak in 18Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

12Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13Sisera summoned all his chariots, 19nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from 20Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.