Heber (the Kenite)
헤벨 (겐 사람)
Named at Judges 4:11: “Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.” The Korean Revised Version reads 모세의 장인 호밥의 자손 중 겐 사람 헤벨: Heber is one of the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law, and leaves his own people. At 4:17 Sisera flees to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, “for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite”, and 4:21 and 5:24 call Jael Heber’s wife. This collection keeps him apart from the Heber of Genesis 46.
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- JDG 4:11, engwebp
11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
- JDG 4:17–22, engwebp
17However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid.” He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
19He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
20He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”
21Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
- JDG 5:24–27, engwebp
24“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
26She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Heber (the Kenite) — Spouse of — Jael
Evidence: Judges 4:17–22, Judges 5:24–27
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Took part in (1) — Heber the Kenite pitches his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim
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Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground, for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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Current wording: Named at Judges 4:11: “Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.” The Korean Revised Version reads 모세의 장인 호밥의 자손 중 겐 사람 헤벨: Heber is one of the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law, and leaves his own people. At 4:17 Sisera flees to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, “for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite”, and 4:21 and 5:24 call Jael Heber’s wife. This collection keeps him apart from the Heber of Genesis 46.
Cited evidence: JDG 4:11, engwebp / JDG 4:17–22, engwebp / JDG 5:24–27, engwebp
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