Sisera’s mother and her princesses depict the Israelite women expected to be taken captive as doubly dehumanized; they are not only property to be divided up by men like bits of cloth, but they are also wombs, valued only for their erotic and reproductive potential.
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Their commentary is revealing. A paraphrase is offered by Davis: You know it takes time to divide up all the spoil; and they’ll likely rape some girls; and think of how many lovely additions to your wardrobe Sisera will be collecting! (Oddly enough, at that very moment Sisera was in a wardrobe, Jael’s – dead.)
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30 ‘Have they not found and divided the spoil? A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’