Judge Deborah's Prophecy: The Woman Who Killed Sisera
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Published 11/28/2023
Deborah, the judge of Israel, asks Barak to raise an army and prophesies that he will defeat Sisera's army, but that it will be a woman who kills Sisera in person[1].
Barak complies and defeats the Canaanite army, but Sisera manages to escape[2]. Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, one of his allies, offers to hide Sisera in her tent. She hides him under a blanket[3]. She offers him a drink as he is thirsty[4]. He asks her to stand at the entrance of the tent to ward off anyone who might be looking for him[5].
Sisera, overcome with fatigue, quickly falls asleep. Breaking the rules of hospitality[6], she takes advantage of his sleep to kill him by driving a tent peg into his head with a hammer[7]. Jael goes out to meet Barak who is searching for Sisera, she asks him to enter her tent and shows him the body of the deceased[8]. This death is followed by that of Jabin, king of Canaan, who brings victory to Israel[9]. Jael receives divine blessing.
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