11 And Heber the Kenite was separated from the other Kenites,o that is, from the descendantsp of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses. And ⌊he was encamped⌋q at Elon-bezaanannim, which is near Kedesh.

12 When theyr reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera summoned all his chariots—all nine hundred chariotss of iron—and the entire army that was with him from Harosheth Haggoyim to the wadit of Kishon. 14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Get up! This is the day that Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has Yahweh not gone out before you?” So Barak went out from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15 And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into confusionu before ⌊the edge of Barak’s sword⌋;v and Sisera dismounted from his chariot and fled on foot. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariotsw and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all of Sisera’s army fell to ⌊the edge of the sword⌋;x no one was left.

17 Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael came out to meet Sisera, and she said to him, “Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me and do not be afraid.” So he turned aside into her tent, and she covered him ⌊with a blanket⌋.y 19 And he said to her, “Please, give me a drink of water, because I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin vessel of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. 20 And he said to her, “Stand at the doorway of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you, and says, ‘Is there anyone here?’ You must answer, ‘No.’ ” 21 But Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, took in her hand a tent peg and a hammer, and she went softlyz to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; he was fast asleep since he was exhausted, and he died.