Judg 4:21 | NET2full | STEP | Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other . She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion , and he died .

‏ Judges 4:21

21 Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. ^{▼▼tn Heb “took a tent peg and put a hammer in her hand.”} She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground ^{▼▼tn Heb “and it went into the ground.”} while he was asleep from exhaustion, ^{▼▼tn Heb “and exhausted.” Another option is to understand this as a reference to the result of the fatal blow. In this case, the phrase could be translated, “and he breathed his last.”} and he died.