Judges 4:17

And Sisera fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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In The King James Version

Howbeit 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.

In Context

16And Barak pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Harosheth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left.

18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent; and she covered him with a mantle.

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Cross References

Judges 5:24Blessed among women be Jael 1 Wife of Heber the Kenite; 1 Let her be blessed above women in tents. 1

Job 18:7Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, 1 And let his counsel deceive him. 1

Isaiah 57:21There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.

Matthew Henry on Judges 4:11-17

Defeat of Sisera. ( b. c. 1258.) 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots… Read the whole commentary →

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