Person

Jael

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Named at Judges 4:17 as the wife of Heber the Kenite. At 4:17–21, when Sisera flees on his feet to her tent, Jael goes out to meet him and says, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid”; she opens a container of milk, gives him a drink and covers him, and while he is in a deep sleep, Jael, Heber’s wife, takes a tent peg and a hammer, goes softly to him and strikes the pin into his temples, so that he faints and dies. At 4:22, as Barak pursues Sisera, Jael comes out to meet him and says, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” At 5:6 the song speaks of “the days of Jael”, and at 5:24 it sings, “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite.”

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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.
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JDG 5:6–11, engwebp
⁶“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
⁷The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
⁸They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
⁹My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD!
¹⁰“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
¹¹Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the LORD’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. “Then the LORD’s people went down to the gates.
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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
Took part in (1) — Jael strikes the tent peg into Sisera’s temples

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Judges 4:17 Open that verse

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.

Judges 4:18 Open that verse

Jael 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.

Judges 4:21 Open that verse

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.

Judges 4:22 Open that verse

Behold, 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.

Judges 5:6 Open that verse

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.

Judges 5:24 Open that verse

“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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Entry: Jael (person-jael)
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Current wording: Named at Judges 4:17 as the wife of Heber the Kenite. At 4:17–21, when Sisera flees on his feet to her tent, Jael goes out to meet him and says, “Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don’t be afraid”; she opens a container of milk, gives him a drink and covers him, and while he is in a deep sleep, Jael, Heber’s wife, takes a tent peg and a hammer, goes softly to him and strikes the pin into his temples, so that he faints and dies. At 4:22, as Barak pursues Sisera, Jael comes out to meet him and says, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” At 5:6 the song speaks of “the days of Jael”, and at 5:24 it sings, “Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite.”
Cited evidence: JDG 4:17–22, engwebp / JDG 5:6–11, engwebp / JDG 5:24–27, engwebp
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