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Judges 4:3

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1 After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

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

5 And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

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BSB
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
KJV
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
WEB
The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
ASV
And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
DARBY
And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel twenty years.
BLB
And the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, for nine hundred chariots of iron [were] unto him, and he oppressed the sons of Israel harshly twenty years.
ÅB
Og Israels barn ropte til Herren; for han hadde ni hundre jernvogner, og han trengte Israels barn hårdt i tyve år.
OTB
Fordi Sisera hadde ni hundre jernvogner og hadde undertrykt israelittene hardt i tjue år, ropte de til Herren om hjelp.
B1930
Og Israels barn ropte til Herren; for han hadde ni hundre jernvogner, og han trengte Israels barn hårdt i tyve år.

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Cross references

  • Judges 1:19

    The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.

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  • Psalms 106:42

    Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

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  • Judges 3:9

    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

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  • Judges 5:8

    When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

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  • Judges 10:16

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

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  • Psalms 50:15

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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  • 1 Samuel 7:8

    and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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  • Psalms 78:34

    When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

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