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So the battle began; and when they were come to a close fight, there
came down from heaven a great storm, with a vast quantity of rain and hail,
and the wind blew the rain in the face of the Canaanites, and so darkened
their eyes, that their arrows and slings were of no advantage to them,
nor would the coldness of the air permit the soldiers to make use of their
swords; while this storm did not so much incommode the Israelites, because
it came in their backs. They also took such courage, upon the apprehension
that God was assisting them, that they fell upon the very midst of their
enemies, and slew a great number of them; so that some of them fell by
the Israelites, some fell by their own horses, which were put into disorder,
and not a few were killed by their own chariots. At last Sisera, as soon
as he saw himself beaten, fled away, and came to a woman whose name was
Jael, a Kenite, who received him, when he desired to be concealed; and
when he asked for somewhat to drink, she gave him sour milk, of which he
drank so unmeasurably that he fell asleep; but when he was asleep, Jael
took an iron nail, and with a hammer drove it through his temples into
the floor; and when Barak came a little afterward, she showed Sisera nailed
to the ground: and thus was this victory gained by a woman, as Deborah
had foretold. Barak also fought with Jabin at Hazor; and when he
met with him, he slew him: and when the general was fallen, Barak overthrew
the city to the foundation, and was the commander of the Israelites for
forty years.
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1 HOW THE MIDIANITES AND OTHER NATIONS FOUGHT AGAINST THE ISRAELITES AND BEAT THEM, AND AFFLICTED THEIR COUNTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS, HOW THEY WERE DELIVERED BY GIDEON, WHO RULED OVER THE MULTITUDE FOR FORTY YEARS.
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