Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg

Judges 4:21. Barak did not do on his own what Deborah, a prophetess, and leader of Israel, wanted Barak to do, that is, lead an army of Israel. So Deborah said that a woman would have the glory of killing Sisera.
Sisera was the army commander for Jabin king of Canaan who reigned from Hazor.
Jael or Yael was married to Heber the Kenite.
Jael or Yael in Hebrew means: Nubian Ibex.

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Jael

21 But Heber’s wife Jael grabbed a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other, crept up to him quietly, and drove the tent peg right through his temple into the ground below after he had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion. That’s how he died.
Judges 4:21


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