Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 254

the Tent of ]ael, the wife of Heber the Kenfte, for there was peace be- tween jabin, King of Khatzor, and the House of Heber the Kenite, and jael came out to meet Sisera, and T urn in, Prince, tum So he entered with her into the tent, and she covered him with a cloak. Let me have

a little water to drink, for I am And she opened him a bottle of milk, and gave him a drink and covered him up again. Then he Stand before the door of the hall, and if any-man comes to inquire of you, and says is there anyone here? answer, there is no ]ae1, the wife of Heber, however,

took a peg of the tent, and grasped a hammer in her hand and went to him secretly, and fixed it on his temples and drove it through to the earth, for he was fast asleep. So he expired and. died. Then she saw Barak pursuing

Sisera; so }ae1 went out to meet him, ‘Come, and I will show you theman whom youseek ! And he went with her, and saw Sisera lying dead, with the nail through his temples. (ec. 1296.) Thus GOD defeated on that day

jabin, King of Canan, before the Israelites, and the power of the Children of Israel increased, ad- vanced, and strengthened over ]abin, King of Canan, until jabin, King of Canan, wastsubdued. Then Deborah and Barak-ben? Abinoam sang, saying; SONG .OF DEBORAH AND BARAK. For free freedom in lsrael, You heroes and people bless the Lo12¤.’.’ Let kings hear, let princes listen, I, to the-I..0RD,·myse1f will. sing; I chant to the Even-Livine Gon advance from Sair, In Your march thro’ the field of Edom,——· The earth shook, the heavens poured down, The storm clouds poured out water! The mountains melted before the 5 Loan; Sinai itself before the L1vxNG GOD of Israel! In the days of 6 Shamgar son of Anath, In the days of Yal the caravans ceased, And travellers went in the bye— paths,-— judges ceased~——in Israel ceased, Till I,,_,Deborah, arose, Till I arose, a mother to Israel E They chose for them- selves new gods !: When there was war at the gates, Was a shield or a spear to be seen, In forty thousand of Israel E My heartcan picture Israel !—- Heroes among the People bless the You riders upon white asses, And you who dwell in the plain, And the trav’ll`ers by roadways publish, With the sound as of rushing waters, The kindness the LGRD has done; The kindness to Israel’s hamlets, When the LORD’s force rushed down to the dales! .Arise ! arise you Deborah! Awake, awake! and uttera song 2 Arise, Barak,. and conquer, Conqueror, son of Abinoam l Let the Nobles and People de scend; The Lord sent me to summon heroes: Come to me, Ephraim, rooted in Amalek ; Follow me, Benjamin, from your caves; Come to me, Makir, with your chieftains; 254 IO

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