20 And Sisera said to her: 'Stand before the door of the tent. And if anyone arrives, questioning you and saying, 'Could there be any man here?' you shall respond, 'There is no one.'
21 And so Jael, the wife of Heber, took a spike from the tent, and also took a mallet. And entering unseen and with silence, she placed the spike over the temple of his head. And striking it with the mallet, she drove it through his brain, as far as the ground. And so, joining deep sleep to death, he fell unconscious and died.
22 And behold, Barak arrived, in pursuit of Sisera. And Jael, going out to meet him, said to him, 'Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.' And when he had entered her tent, he saw Sisera lying dead, with the spike fixed in his temples.
23 Thus did God humble Jabin, the king of Canaan, on that day, before the sons of Israel.
24 And they increased every day. And with a strong hand they overpowered Jabin, the king of Canaan, until they wiped him out.
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