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The sons of Israel cried to the Lord ; for he had nine hundred ^(d)iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.

Now Deborah, a ^[a]prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

She used to ^[b]sit under the ^(e)palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.

Now she sent and summoned ^(f)Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, "^[c]Behold, the Lord , the God of Israel, has 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.

I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his ^[d]many troops to the river Kishon, and ^(g)I will give him into your hand.'"

Then 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."

She said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, ^(h)for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Barak called ⁽ⁱ⁾Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up ^[e](j)with him; Deborah also went up with him.