Jael in the Bible.

The wife of Heber the Kenite. The King James Version names Jael in 6 verses, from Judges 4:17 to Judges 5:24.

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Jael’s family.

Herself

Jael

Husbands, and their children

Heberno children named

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Jael’s own words.

Jael speaks in 2 verses of the King James Version, all in Judges.

Her first words in the Bible

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.

Judges 4:18 ›

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Who Jael was.

Mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judg. 4:17-22). When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, fled and sought refuge with the friendly tribe of Heber, beneath the oaks of Zaanaim. As he drew near, Jael invited him to enter her tent. He did so, and as he lay wearied on the floor he fell into a deep sleep. She then took in her left hand one of the great wooden pins (“nail”) which fastened down the cords of the tent, and in her right hand the mallet, or “hammer,” used for driving it into the ground, and stealthily approaching her sleeping guest, with one well-directed blow drove the nail through his temples into the earth (Judg. 5:27). She then led Barak, who was in pursuit, into her tent, and boastfully showed him what she had done.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Jael’s story.

Hazornamed with her in 1 verse

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All 6 verses that name Jael.

Judges 6

Judges 4:17Howbeit 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.
Judges 4:18And 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.
Judges 4:21Then 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.
Judges 4:22And, 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.
Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Judges 5:24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Questions about Jael.

Who was Jael in the Bible?

The wife of Heber the Kenite. The King James Version names Jael in 6 verses, from Judges 4:17 to Judges 5:24.

Who was Jael’s husband?

Heber.

Where does Jael speak in the Bible?

In 2 verses of the King James Version, all in Judges. Her first words are in Judges 4:18.

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