Judges 4:17

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.

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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

16But Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.

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.

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Cross References

Judges 5:24“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Job 18:7The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Psalms 107:40He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

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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