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Judges 4:21 KJV
Judges · chapter 4 · verse 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.Judges 4:21 · King James Version
Judges 4:21 in context
19And 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.
20Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
21Then 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.
22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Heber'sCheberCheber, the name of a Kenite and of three IsraelitesH2268 →
- hammermaqqebethproperly, a perforatorH4718 →
- JaelYâʻêlJael, a CanaaniteH3278 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
- nailyâthêda pegH3489 →
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We have seen the army of the Canaanites totally routed. It is said (Psa 83:9, Psa 83:10, where the defeat of this army is pleaded as a precedent for God's doing the like in after times) that they became as dung for the earth. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-24