Judges 4:21

Then Jael (the wife of Heber) took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand and went in secretly to him, for he was in a deep sleep, and she hammered the tent peg into the side of his head until it went down into the ground, and he died.

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In The King James Version

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

In Context

20He said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent. If someone comes and asks you, 'Is anyone here?', say 'No'.”

22As Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael want out to meet him and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in the side of his head.

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Cross References

Judges 3:21Ehud reached with his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and he stabbed it into the king's body.

Judges 5:26She put her hand to the tent peg, 1 and her right hand to the workman's hammer; 1 with the hammer she struck Sisera, she crushed his head. 1 She smashed his skull into pieces when she pierced him through the side of his head. 1

1 Samuel 17:43Then the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?,” and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Psalms 3:7Rise up, Yahweh! Save me, my God! 1 For you will hit all my enemies on the jaw; 1 you will break the teeth of the wicked. 1

1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose what is weak in the world to shame what is strong.

Matthew Henry on Judges 4:18-24

17 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. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20… Read the whole commentary →

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