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Judges 5:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

with the: Heb. She hammered

she smote off: Or rather, "she smote his head, then she struck through and pierced his temples:" which is more consonant to the original, and to fact, as it does not appear that she smote off his head. 1 Samuel 17:49-51; 2 Samuel 20:22

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