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The Israelis cried out to the Lord, because of his 900 iron chariots. Jabin[a] oppressed the Israelis forcefully for twenty years.

Deborah, a woman, prophet, and wife of Lappidoth, was herself judging Israel during that time. She regularly took her seat[b] under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountainous region[c] of Ephraim, where the Israelis would approach her for decisions.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 4:3 Lit. he
  2. Judges 4:5 I.e. in her capacity as governor
  3. Judges 4:5 Or the hill country