¹⁶ Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left.^{(A) 17} Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael,^(B) the wife of Heber the Kenite,^(C) because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor^(D) and the family of Heber the Kenite.

¹⁸ Jael^(E) went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.