Judges 5:13-30

¹³Then made He a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

¹⁴Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.

¹⁵And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.

¹⁶Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

¹⁷Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays.

¹⁸Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

¹⁹The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

²⁰They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

²¹The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

²²Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

²³'Curse ye Meroz', said the angel of the LORD, 'Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.'

²⁴Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite, above women in the tent shall she be blessed.

²⁵Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

²⁶Her hand she put 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.

²⁷At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; at her feet he sunk, he fell; where he sunk, there he fell down dead.

²⁸Through the window she looked forth, and peered, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

²⁹The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself:

³⁰'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?'