Judges 4:17

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because 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

16Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

18Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

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Cross References

Judges 5:24Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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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