The Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD. So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan. The commander of his army was Sisera. Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.

Deborah, prophetess, was leading Israel at that time. She held court under the Palm of Deborah, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided. She sent for Barak and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun. I will lure Sisera with his chariots and his troops and give him into your hands.’ ”

Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

“Very well,” Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot. But Barak pursued the chariots and army. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left.

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ANNE YVONNE GILBERT
"Barak and Deborah”

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"The Prophetess Deborah and
Commander Barak Discussing Strategy"

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MARC CHAGALL
"Deborah"

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JACK STALLER
"Deborah"

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SALOMON DE BRAY
"Jael, Deborah and Barak"

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MARC CHAGALL
"Deborah the Prophetess Urges Barak to Raise an Army
and Give Battle to the Army of Jabin "

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Deborah"

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"Barak and Deborah"

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"Sisera"

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LUCA GIORDANO
"The Defeat of Sisera"

Sisera, however, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.

“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up. “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say ‘No.’ ”

But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

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JAMES TISSOT
"Jael Smote Sisera, and Slew Him"

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OTTAVIO VANNINI
"Jael and Sisera"

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ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Jael and Sisera"

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LÉON COGNIET
"Jael"

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KEVISSIMO

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FRANÇOIS GRELLET
"Jael"

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JAN DE BRAY
"Yael and Sisera"

Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.

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HANS SPECKAERT
"Jaël and Sisera"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Jael Shows to Barak, Sisera Lying Dead"

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Jael and Sisera"

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FRANCESCO MONTI
"Jael and Sisera"

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