Judges 5:17-23

¹⁷Similarly, the men living in the Gilead area stayed at home, east of the Jordan River. And the men from the tribe descended from Dan, why did they stay home? The tribe descended from Asher sat by the seashore. They stayed in their coves.

¹⁸But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked ◄their lives/were ready to die fighting► on the battlefield, and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also.

¹⁹The kings of Canaan fought us at Taanach, near the springs in Megiddo Valley. But since they did not defeat us, they did not carry away any silver or other treasures from the battle.

²⁰It was as though the stars in the sky fought for us and as though those stars in their paths fought against Sisera.

²¹The Kishon River swept them away— that river that has been there for ages. I will tell myself to be brave and continue marching on.

²²The hooves of the horses of Sisera's army pounded the ground. Those powerful horses kept galloping along.

²³The angel sent by Yahweh said, “Curse the people of Meroz town, because they did not come to help Yahweh to defeat the mighty warriors of Canaan.”