New International Reader's Version

Judges 4:7-13 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

7. I will draw Sisera into a trap. He is the commander of Jabin's army. I will bring him, his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River. There I will hand him over to you.' "

8. Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I'll go. But if you don't go with me, I won't go."

9. "All right," Deborah said. "I'll go with you. But because of the way you are doing this, you won't receive any honor. The Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman." So Deborah went to Kedesh with Barak.

10. There he sent for Zebulun and Naphtali. And 10,000 men followed him. Deborah also went with him.

11. Heber, the Kenite, had left the other Kenites. They came from the family line of Hobab. He was the brother-in-law of Moses. Heber set up his tent by the large tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

12. Sisera was told that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13. So Sisera gathered together his 900 chariots that had some iron parts. He also gathered all of his men together. He brought them from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.