1. Jael or Yael is a heroine of the Bible who aids the Israelites in their war with King Jabin of the city of Hazor in Canaan by killing Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army.
14 Facts About Jael
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Jael has often been understood to be the wife of Heber the Kenite.
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Jael had separated himself and his wife Jael from the other Kenites and pitched their tent in the plain of Zaanaim, which is near Kedesh in the territory of the Tribe of Naphtali.
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Jael welcomed Sisera into her tent and covered him with a blanket.
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Jael commanded Jael to watch over the tent and tell any inquirers that no one was there.
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Quietly, Jael took a mallet and drove a tent peg through Sisera's temple into the ground while he was sleeping, killing him instantly.
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Jael was then the woman with the honor of defeating Jabin's army, as prophesied by Deborah, and she showed Barak Sisera's dead body in her tent.
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Jael asked for water, she gave him milk; She brought him cream in a lordly dish.
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Jael stretched forth her hand to the nail, Her right hand to the workman's hammer, And she smote Sisera; she crushed his head, Jael crashed through and transfixed his temples.
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Jael knew that Sisera would be killed if captured; therefore, she would kill him and thus cement a friendship with the victor.
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Jael, along with Ehud, is an example in Judges of the contrast between marginal heroes and well-armed enemies conquered by wit and stealth.
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Albert Barnes conjectures that Jael sympathized with the Israelites because of the twenty-year period of harsh oppression inflicted on them by Jabin.
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Works by Gregorio Lazzarini and Artemisia Gentileschi are two examples of an attractive Jael, shown in the act of killing her foe.
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Jael is portrayed in the French silent film Jael and Sisera, directed by Henri Andreani.