17. Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, And abode by his creeks.
18. Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
19. The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
20. From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
21. The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
22. Then did the horsehoofs stamp By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
23. Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
24. Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25. He asked water, and she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
26. She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.