1. After Ehud died, the Israelites again did what the Lord said was wrong.
2. So he let Jabin, a king of Canaan who ruled in the city of Hazor, defeat Israel. Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim, was the commander of Jabin’s army.
3. Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and was very cruel to the people of Israel for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.
4. A prophetess named Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.