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Débora

1 Após a morte de Eude, Israel tornou a fazer o que era mau aos olhos do SENHOR, 2 o qual deixou que o rei Jabim de Hazor em Canaã os vencesse e dominasse. O comandante das suas forças militares era Sísera que vivia em Harosete-Ha-Goiim. 3 Este tinha novecentos carros de combate em ferro e tornou a vida insuportável para os israelitas durante 20 anos. Por fim, clamaram muito ao SENHOR que os socorreu. 4 A pessoa que chefiava Israel nessa altura era Débora, uma mulher profetisa, casada com Lapidote. 5 Vivia num lugar chamado Palmeira de Débora, entre Rama e Betel nas colinas de Efraim. Era ali que os israelitas vinham ter com ela para resolver as suas questões. 6 Um dia, ela mandou chamar Baraque, filho de Abinoão, que vivia em Quedes no território de Naftali, e disse-lhe: “O SENHOR, Deus de Israel, manda que mobilizes 10 000 homens das tribos de Naftali e de Zebulão. Leva-os ao monte Tabor para combater o poderoso exército de Jabim 7 e todos os carros sob as ordens do general Sísera. O SENHOR diz: ‘Atraí-los-ei para junto do ribeiro de Quisom e os derrotarás ali.’ ” 8 “Estou de acordo em partir; mas só se fores comigo!” disse-lhe Baraque. 9 “Está bem, irei contigo! Mas desde já te aviso que a honra desta empreitada não será para ti, porque o SENHOR entregará Sísera nas mãos de uma mulher!” Foi, portanto, Débora com Baraque até Quedes. 10 Quando Baraque convocou os homens de Zebulão e de Naftali em Quedes, 10 000 acompanharam-no e Débora marchou com eles. 11 Entretanto, Heber, o queneu, tinha-se separado do resto do clã, passando a viver em vários sítios, chegando a estabelecer-se ao pé do carvalhal de Zaananim perto de Quedes. Os queneus eram os descendentes de Hobabe, o sogro de Moisés. 12 Quando o general Sísera foi informado de que Baraque e o seu exército estava acampado no monte Tabor, 13 tratou de mobilizar todo o exército, incluindo os novecentos carros de combate em ferro, pondo-se em marcha de Harosete-Ha-Goiim para o ribeiro de Quisom. 14 Então Débora disse a Baraque: “É a altura de entrar em ação! É o SENHOR que vai à tua frente e te vai entregar Sísera!” Baraque levou os seus 10 000 homens até à base do monte Tabor, preparando-se para o combate. 15 Porém, o SENHOR lançou o pânico nas hostes inimigas, tanto na infantaria como nos condutores dos carros. Sísera saltou mesmo do seu carro e fugiu a pé. 16 Baraque e os seus homens perseguiram-nos, aos que iam a pé e aos carros, até Harosete-Ha-Goiim. Não os deixaram até que estivessem todos liquidados. Ninguém foi deixado com vida. 17 Entretanto, Sísera escapara para a tenda de Jael, a mulher de Heber o queneu, pois havia um acordo de auxílio mútuo entre o rei Jabim de Hazor e o clã de Heber. 18 Jael saiu ao encontro de Sísera e disse-lhe: “Vem para a minha tenda, senhor! Ficarás seguro sob a nossa proteção. Nada receies.” Ele aceitou o convite e ela cobriu-o com uma manta. 19 “Por favor, dá-me água, estou morto de sede!”, disse-lhe. Jael deu-lhe leite a beber e tornou a cobri-lo. 20 “Põe-te aí à entrada”, pediu ele. “Se alguém vier à minha procura, dizes que não está aqui ninguém.” 21 Então Jael pegou numa estaca de tenda e num martelo; aproximou-se mansamente dele, que dormia num profundo sono, e cravou-lhe a estaca na testa, pregando-lhe a cabeça ao chão. E morreu dessa forma, pois estava carregado de sono e de cansaço. 22 Quando Baraque chegou à procura dele, Jael veio logo ao seu encontro: “Anda, vou mostrar-te o homem que procuras.” Baraque entrou com ela na tenda e deparou com Sísera ali prostrado e sem vida com a estaca cravada na cabeça. 23 Nesse dia, Deus usou Israel para subjugar o rei Jabim de Canaã. 24 A partir dessa altura, Israel foi ganhando cada vez mais supremacia sobre a nação do rei Jabim, até que acabou por ser toda destruída.

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Deborah and Barak

1 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. (Jz 2:19) 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. (Js 11:1; Js 11:10; Jz 2:14; Jz 4:13; Jz 4:16; 1 Sm 12:9; Sl 83:9)

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3 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years. (Jz 1:19; Jz 3:9; Jz 4:13) 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. (Js 24:33) 6 She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. (Js 19:37; Jz 8:18; Hb 11:32) 7 And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, and I will give him into your hand’?” (Jz 3:28; Jz 4:13; Jz 5:21; 1 Rs 18:40; Sl 83:9)

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8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. (Jz 2:14) 10 And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him. (Jz 5:18) 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. (Nm 10:29; Js 19:33; Jz 1:16) 12 When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera called out all his chariots, 900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. (Jz 4:3) 14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. (Dt 9:3; Jz 4:7; 2 Sm 5:24; Sl 68:7; Is 52:12)

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15 And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot. (Js 10:10; Jz 4:23; Sl 83:9) 16 And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left. 17 But Sisera fled away on foot 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. 18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. (Jz 5:25) 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’” 21 But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. 22 And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple. 23 So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel. (Jz 4:15) 24 And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.