Judges 4:21

Then took Jael, wife of Heber, the tent-pin, and put the mallet in her hand, and went in unto him, softly, and smote the tent-pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground,—he being fast asleep and shrouded in darkness, and he died.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20And he said unto her, Stand at the entrance of the tent,—and it shall be, if any man come and ask thee and say—Is there here a man? that thou shalt say, There is not.

22And lo! Barak—in pursuit of Sisera! So Jael went forth to meet him, and said unto him, Come and let me shew thee—the man whom thou art seeking. And he came in with her, and lo! Sisera—lying dead, with the tent-pin in his temples.

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Cross References

Judges 3:21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh,—and thrust it into his body;

Judges 5:26Her hand, to the tent-pin, put she forth, and, her right hand, to the toilers’ mallet,—Then smote she Sisera, She shattered his head, Yea she split open and pierced through his temples:

1 Samuel 17:43Then said the Philistine unto David, A dog, am, I, that thou art coming unto me, with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David, by his god.

Psalms 3:7Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken.

1 Corinthians 1:27On the contrary—the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty,

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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