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21 But Heber’s wife Jael grabbed a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other,[a] crept up to him quietly, and drove the tent peg right through his temple into the ground below after he had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion. That’s how[b] he died.

22 Meanwhile, as Barak continued chasing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. “Come with me,” she told him, “and I’ll show you the man you’re looking for!” So he went with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead with the tent peg still embedded in his temple! 23 That’s how God subdued Jabin, king of Canaan right in front of the Israelis that day. 24 And the Israelis gained greater control over King Jabin of Canaan until they had eliminated him.

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  1. Judges 4:21 The Heb. lacks in the other
  2. Judges 4:21 The Heb. lacks That’s how