18. Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come in, sir, come in here. Don’t be afraid." So he went with her into the tent, and she hid him under a blanket.
19. Sisera said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink. I’m thirsty." So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and hid him again.
20. Then he said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. That way, if someone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ you can say, ‘No.’"
21. But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent stake and a hammer. While Sisera was sound asleep from exhaustion, she tiptoed to him. She drove the stake through his head and down into the ground, and he died.
22. Just then, Barak arrived after chasing Sisera. Jael went out to meet him and said, "Come and I’ll show you the man you’re after." So he went in with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead, with the stake through his head.