Verse 21
Judges 4:21
American Standard Version
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Then Jael Heber`s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּקַּ֣ח יָעֵ֣ל אֵֽשֶׁת חֶ֠בֶר אֶת יְתַ֨ד הָ/אֹ֜הֶל וַ/תָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת הַ/מַּקֶּ֣בֶת בְּ/יָדָ֗/הּ וַ/תָּב֤וֹא אֵלָי/ו֙ בַּ/לָּ֔אט וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע אֶת הַ/יָּתֵד֙ בְּ/רַקָּת֔/וֹ וַ/תִּצְנַ֖ח בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/הֽוּא נִרְדָּ֥ם וַ/יָּ֖עַף וַ/יָּמֹֽת
English Translation
And Jael, the wife of Heber, took a peg of the tent and set the hammer in her hand and she came to him softly and drove the peg into his temple and it went down into the ground and he was asleep and weary and he died.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty...
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And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not...
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And I will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin`s army, with his chario...
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And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I...
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And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding, the journey that thou takest shall not be...
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And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
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And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the peopl...
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And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy...
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And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword b...
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But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all th...
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Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was...
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And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And...
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And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opene...
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And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inq...
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Then Jael Heber`s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and...
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And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will...
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