Hakim-hakim 4:2

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ¹  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ²  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 4:22

4:22 Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, “Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, ⁴  and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead ⁵  with the tent peg in his temple.

Hakim-hakim 5:26

5:26 Her left ⁶  hand reached for the tent peg,

her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.

She “hammered” ⁷  Sisera,

she shattered his skull, ⁸ 

she smashed his head, ⁹ 

she drove the tent peg through his temple. ¹⁰ 

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

[4:2]  ² tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[4:2]  ³ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”

[4:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “he went to her.”

[4:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “fallen, dead.”

[5:26]  ⁶ tn The adjective “left” is interpretive, based on the context. Note that the next line pictures Jael holding the hammer with her right hand.

[5:26]  ⁷ tn The verb used here is from the same root as the noun “hammer” in the preceding line.

[5:26]  ⁸ tn Or “head.”

[5:26]  ⁹ tn The phrase “his head” (an implied direct object) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “she pierced his temple.”