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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
goat
).
Heber
’s wife; murderess of
Sisera
(
Judg. 4:17-23; 5
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
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21
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.
22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. (Judges 4:17‑23)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Wife of
Heber
the Kenite, a descendant of
Jethro
,
father
-in-
law
of
Moses
, who was
head
of an
Arab
clan which was established in the
north
of
Palestine
. When
Sisera
’s
army
was defeated by
Barak
and
Deborah
, he left his
chariot
and fled on foot to the
tent
of Jael, whose
husband
was at
peace
with
Jabin
. Jael invited him into her tent, and bade him not to fear, gave him
milk
to drink, and covered him up. Being weary he fell asleep, and Jael with a hammer drove a tent-peg through his temples till it entered the ground (
Judg. 4:17-22
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
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21
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.
22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. (Judges 4:17‑22)
;
Judg. 5:6, 24
6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. (Judges 5:6)
24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. (Judges 5:24)
).
Great indignation has been expressed at this act of Jael, and even Christians have blamed her severely; but it was foretold that
Jehovah
would “sell Sisera into the hand of a
woman
”; and immediately after the deed, it is added, “So
God
subdued on that
day
Jabin the king of
Canaan
before the
children
of
Israel
.” And Deborah, in her song of
praise
, pronounced Jael to be “blessed above women.” It is clear from this song that Sisera was an enemy not only of God’s people, but of the
Lord
Himself, for she prophetically utters the words, “So let all
thine
enemies perish, O Lord” (compare
Numbers 10:35
35
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. (Numbers 10:35)
). Hence God empowered Jael to take his
life
—as He had led
Joshua
in some instances to destroy the women and children of the places conquered by him. Where an act is clearly the execution of God’s righteous
judgment
, it rises altogether above what would be justifiable under ordinary circumstances of
hospitality
or of warfare. Of course in some instances the thing accomplished may be according to the will of God, but not the way in which it is effected.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
3278
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Ya`el
Phonic:
yaw-ale’
Meaning:
the same as
3277
; Jael, a Canaanite
KJV Usage:
Jael
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
ibex (a mountain goat)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Wild goat; he who ascends; climbing:―wife of Heber the Kenite, Judg. 4:17. {Ibex}
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