Part III

24. Blessed among women, Jael, The wife of Heber, the Kenite, Among women in the tent ^{38Such women as live in tents—pastoral and nomadic, as all the Kenites were.} blessed!BHOTV3 113.7

25. Water asked he—milk she gave, In the cup of the noble ^{39The cup used on state occasions, as it were.} brought she thickened milk ^{40Cream, or thickened milk (it is a mistake of interpreters to suppose that it was thickened to make him intoxicated); or else camel’s milk.}BHOTV3 113.8

26. Her hand to the tent-nail sendeth forth, And her right hand to the ponderous hammer of workmen—Hammers ^{41We almost seem to hear the three strokes of the hammer by which her bloody work is done.} she Sisera, shivers ^{42We almost seem to hear the three strokes of the hammer by which her bloody work is done.} his head, Cleaves ^{43We almost seem to hear the three strokes of the hammer by which her bloody work is done.} and pierces his temple!BHOTV3 113.9

27. Between her feet he winds—he falls—he lies—Between her feet he winds—he falls—Where he winds there he falls desolated! ^{44The description of the effects corresponding to the three strokes of the hammer.}BHOTV3 113.10

28. High up through the window spies—anxiously she calls, The mother of Sisera—cut through the lattice: ‘Why tarrieth his chariot to come, Why linger the steps of his war-chariots?’BHOTV3 113.11

29. The wise of her princesses answer—Nay, she herself answers her words to herself: ‘Are they not finding—dividing spoil—BHOTV3 114.1

30. A maiden-twain maidens to the head of the warriors—Spoil of dyed garments to Sisera, Spoil of dyed garments—many-colored kerchief—A dyed garment, twain many-colored kerchiefs for the necks of the prey! ^{45With each captive maiden the warrior would also receive one dyed garment and twain many-colored kerchiefs. In the arduous task of translating this, one of the most difficult passages of Scripture, Cassel’s Commentary has been of greatest use, although its suggestions are too often fanciful.}BHOTV3 114.2

31. So perish all Thine enemies, Jehovah—And let those who love Him be like the going forth of the sun in his strength! And the land had rest forty years.BHOTV3 114.3