Like many women in my series, Strong Women in the Bible, Jael’s story rarely makes it into women’s conference discussions or Bible studies–maybe because her story is too gory, too gruesome. It is a scene you might find in popular TV shows that we would never allow our kids to watch. But as we learned in the story of Tamar, God doesn’t shy away from the “ugly” stories so let’s get right to it. Jael in the Bible (or Yael in Hebrew) killed a general by driving a tent peg into his head and became a hero for it. Now, what can we learn from her account?
Who is Jael in the Bible?
Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law. She became an Israeli hero for killing the general of Israel’s enemy, the Canaanite Sisera. He was the commander of King Jabin’s army from Hazor.
Prior to Sisera’s encounter with Jael, Barak, under the leadership of Deborah the Judge, had defeated Sisera’s army. Sisera then fled the carnage and ended up in the Kenite camp where Jael lived. Jael’s husband was on peaceful terms with the King of Jabin and Sisera had reason to believe he would be in good hands among them.
Unfortunately for him, that was not the case. When he approached Jael’s tent, she invited him in, gave him some warm milk, covered him with a blanket, and then while he slept, she drove a tent peg through his skull. When Barak approached the camp in pursuit of Sisera, she delivered Sisera’s lifeless body to him.
In her assassination of Sisera, Jael fulfilled Deborah’s prophecy to Barak,
And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges 4:9 (ESV)
You can find Jael’s story in Judges 4 and it is also recounted in Judges 5 in the Song of Deborah.
How Do We Know Jael Was a Hero?
We can infer from Judges 4:23 that Jael was God’s instrument in achieving victory against the Canaanites as the verse appears directly after Jael’s account.
So on that day God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.
Judges 4:23
She was a hero for playing an important role in defeating Israel’s enemy, but her methods have made readers and commentators uncomfortable. Not just because of the gruesomeness of her actions, but because she deceived Sisera by breaking cultural and social customs. Her deception just doesn’t sit well with modern Christian readers and some scholars have not considered her a hero at all.
However, the biblical text paints her in a positive light. In the next chapter, the Song of Deborah in Judges 5 praises Jael. (This is an ancient song, one of the oldest pieces of Biblical text, if not the oldest).
Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
Judges 5:24
The song memorializes Jael and her deeds and recounts how it all transpired. If we go strictly by the biblical text—she was indeed a hero.
The Cultural Norms Broken by Jael
Christians often want their heroes to be virtuous, pious, and righteous in every way. They want him or her to be like Steve Rogers (Captain America for those unfamiliar with the Marvel cinematic universe). There certainly are a few examples such as Joseph and Daniel who fit that mold, but more often than not, the people God chooses and the things they do wouldn’t pass the religious barometer of today. And Jael, especially, wouldn’t be exalted as a woman to be admired among mainstream Christian women.
Why? She broke several cultural protocols that would have been looked down upon by people of her time (and even some today). This is why some commentators treat Jael harshly in their analysis of her actions. So let’s look at what Jael did “wrong,” before we explore her achievement.
She Invited a Man Into Her Tent
In Judges 4:17-18, when Sisera arrived at her tent, Jael invited him in. I have read a few blogs and articles that try to suggest that he forced his way in, but there is nothing in the text to support that. Also, note that women pitched their tents separately from their husband’s so this was an invitation by Jael into her tent, not her and her husband’s home. (See Genesis 24:67; 31:33 for examples of women having their own tents)
What are the implications of this invitation? For the time and culture, it was inappropriate for a married woman to be alone with a man. We know this to be true for ancient Israeli culture, but maybe the Kenites had different standards.
Little is known about the Kenites, but I doubt it. Even the Canaanites who practiced cult prostitution looked down upon a married woman committing adultery (the husband, of course, was not held to the same standard). Her invitation would have been out of place for a married woman.
Verse 18 specifically states that Jael went out to meet Sisera. He didn’t force his way in. She took a deliberate action to go out of her tent and invite him in.
She Broke the Cultural Rules of Hospitality
For Westerners, the kind of hospitality shown by people in the Ancient Near East is difficult to understand. However, because of the hardships travelers and strangers faced and their vulnerability to the elements, generous rules of hospitality developed. In addition to providing food and shelter, there was an understanding that the visitor would receive protection. This level of hospitality was especially true among nomadic tribes like the Kenites.
Sisera, culturally, had every reason to feel safe with Jael. When Jael offered him milk and extended her hand of hospitality, Sisera felt secure in his protection. In the offering and receipt of food and drink, a kind of covenantal commitment was made. It is why he was able to fall asleep in her tent and not find the need to look over his shoulder as he tried to rest. Jael betrayed those cultural expectations by assassinating him shortly after.
She Undermined Her Husband
According to verse 4:17, Jael’s husband Heber had made peace with Jabin, the King of Hazor. Because the Kenites were metalworkers, under this alliance the Kenites most likely provided the necessary service for making and repairing weapons. Metalworkers were scarce so it would make sense for the Canaanites to take advantage of this Kenite skill. And it is probably why Sisera, as a general, knew their camp so well.
At no point in the text do we see that Jael consulted with her husband before killing Sisera. Alliances between tribes were just as important as alliances today between nations. To betray that alliance is no small matter and her husband, Heber, would have been the one to negotiate it since he was the head of his household. It would behoove Jael to discuss a matter such as an assassination with her husband before taking such drastic actions on her own. From the biblical text, there is no evidence that ever happened.
Jael’s Heroic Act: The Assassination of Sisera
Sisera was the general of Israel’s enemy. Barak, under Deborah’s direction, defeated King Jabin’s army but Sisera had fled on foot. His death, at the hands of Jael, would deal the final blow to Israel’s enemy.
Why Was Jael Able to Kill Sisera So Effectively?
The simple answer is that Jael was strong and skilled. In biblical times, women were responsible for all the elements of repairing and pitching tents. That required skillful use of a mallet and tent peg. In short, Jael wasn’t going to miss.
The text in Judges 5 is very explicit about Jael’s efficiency in killing Sisera. It was effective, but it was also violent and gory.
24 “Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed. 25 He asked for water and she gave him milk; she brought him curds in a noble’s bowl. 26 She sent her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple. 27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell–dead.
Judges 5:24-27
What Were Jael’s Motives?
In Bible commentary and blogs, theories abound on why Jael did what she did. Some claim that Sisera tried to rape her, but there is no textual evidence to support that. Others feel that when Sisera asked her to lie on his behalf in Judges 4:20, it convicted her of his evil intentions and drove her to assassinate him.
I don’t think so primarily because she was already breaking cultural norms by inviting a man into her tent. If her intentions had been pure hospitality, she would have dealt with the initial encounter differently.
From the moment Jael recognized Sisera, I believe she had every intention of killing him. The question, of course, is why?
She Was Faithful to God and Friendly to the Israelites
Remember, Heber was a descendant of Moses’ father-in-law (4:11). His tribe, the Kenites, are considered to be the same as the Midianites by some scholars. Others believe they are not the same, but just closely related.
The Midianites had at times peacefully dwelt among the Israelites (See Judges 1:16) and they worshipped the same God. Therefore, even if the Kenites were only closely related to the Midianites, some stories, history, and culture would have been passed between these two peoples. The Kenites would have been familiar with Israeli culture, religious practices, and worship of the God of Abraham. They must have also been astutely aware of King Jabin’s oppression of the Israelites.
Could it be then, that when Jael saw Sisera, she saw it as an opportunity to help the Israelites? Could it be possible that she considered King Jabin and his people to be in opposition to God? I think so. This was the action of a woman who did what she thought she needed to do to help God’s people.
If Jael had been a man, she would have faced Sisera in the field of battle and would have been hailed as a hero. There would have been no negative commentary nor questioning of her methods or motives by modern readers. But Jael was not a man. As a woman of her time, it would not have dawned on her to face an experienced military general in hand-to-hand combat.
Instead, Jael had to employ different tactics. To be successful, she had to hide her true intentions and get him to a place where he was vulnerable and his guard was down. So she feigned hospitality and when he was finally asleep, she took actions into her own hands.
Do The Ends Justify the Means?
Honestly, I believe that is the wrong way to look at the story of Jael. If we answer yes, we will want to justify our own sinful actions in that light. We will come up with excuses for why we did what we did and pat ourselves on the back by saying, “Well, the ends justified the means.”
On the other hand, if the answer is no, we will take a very religious and condemning view of people’s actions and give little weight to the circumstances around them. We may even fail to forgive ourselves for the actions we took during difficult and uncertain times.
Take a father who steals a carton of milk for his starving son from a filthy rich retailer. Now compare him to a man who steals an old woman’s purse because he doesn’t want to work long hours. Same sin. Both stole, and both are thieves, but would any compassionate judge deal with both individuals the same? Probably not. A good judge would try to look at the heart.
In the same way, Jael’s story is complex, and nuanced, and cannot be easily picked apart by evaluating her actions in a vacuum. We must consider her heart and her circumstances.
God Looks at the Heart
The same God that called David, “a man after God’s own heart,” is the same God that inspired Deborah to write a song that would praise Jael. David was an adulterer, murder, and bad father — but God looked at David’s heart. Jael’s methods were not clean-cut, but God looked at her heart and her extraordinary moment of bravery.
We already saw how Deborah called her “most blessed of women,” but there is another phrase in her song that alludes to Jael’s heroism. Jael is compared to Shamgar the son of Anath.
In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways.
Judges 5:6
Shamgar and Jael are mentioned side by side to highlight the parallels between the two. Shamgar killed 600 Philistines in Judges 3:31 with a farming instrument, an ox goad to be exact. Jael kills the Canaanite general, with a tent peg. Both are mentioned because both are heroes using limited means to accomplish something great for Israel.
But there is another parallel. Neither belonged to the tribes of Israel. Judges 3:31 describes Shamgar as the son of Anath. For starters, Shamgar is not a Hebrew name. In addition, Anath is the name of a Canaanite war goddess. Archeological evidence suggests that “Shamgar son of Anath,” was a way of designating Shamgar as part of a Canaanite warrior gang. Bottom line: he was a Gentile who accomplished God’s will and did something great for Israel–just like Jael.
Both are praised. Both are treated as heroes in the text, but neither had the right pedigree or fit the mold. But I believe, both had the heart to help Israel and God honored that and exalted them through Deborah’s song.
What Can We Take Away From the Story of Jael?
The biggest takeaway is that God uses whom God uses. His choices do not always have the perfect pedigree, they do not always fit cultural or societal norms, and they do not have to be the epitome of virtue or righteousness. That is an important lesson for two reasons:
Reason 1: Many times we feel that our past sins or our current shortcomings disqualify us from the calling God has placed on our lives. Nothing could be further from the truth. Don’t let man-made qualifications and standards keep you from following your calling!!!! God not only uses broken people all the time, but people who may not have the right degrees, education, or experience, and even people who will flounder along the way.
Reason 2: Jael’s story reminds us that it is possible to praise someone’s accomplishments despite their shortcomings or even methods. If God only picked perfect people who did things perfectly, well there would be no churches, no non-profits, and no ministries. A ministry leader may seem rude, but maybe he or she has a very particular skill set that allows him or her to propel that ministry forward in a way no one else has been able to do. We can criticize Jael all day long about whether using deception was right or wrong–but when it mattered, she did what she was convicted to do.
Does that mean that we should stop seeking to be a better Christian? Does it mean we don’t hold leaders accountable? Does it mean we throw reproof and correction out the window? Absolutely not!! It does mean we stop nitpicking every mistake in ourselves and others and focus on the heart.
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Luke 6:45
It might be a bumpy and less than glamorous ride — but God would rather have a woman who steps out in faith, makes mistakes along the way, and brings thousands to salvation, than one who is perfectly righteous in the eyes of people, never steps outside the comfort of her safe zone, and accomplishes little for the Kingdom.
God would rather have a woman who steps out in faith, makes mistakes along the way, and brings thousands to salvation, than one who is perfectly righteous in the eyes of people, never steps outside the comfort of her safe zone, and accomplishes… Share on XI leave you with one final lesson. Sometimes we must be willing to do the dirty work. Queen Esther‘s story of fasting, praying, and courage to face the King on behalf of her people all while in royal attire (very much erroneously romanticized) appeals to many of us. We want to be Esthers. Yes, God sometimes needs Esthers but sometimes he needs Jael’s—women willing to do the dirty work for the sake of the Gospel.
Be willing to be the woman that God has called you to be and he will exalt you in due time (and help you with the bumps and bruises along the way)!
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This article was fabulous! I totally enjoyed reading it. I also appreciate how you provide the backdrop of history that so many people fail to understand. You are an excellent storyteller. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to reading more from your blog.
Thank you Hedy for your kind words of encouragement! Praise be to God!
Very nice picture of Jael, it shows a woman’s femininity but it also shows the strength of a woman who does not want to be made into a sex slave, which is why she killed him! If you look at Judges 5:27 you can see that when it says that Sisera bowed at her feet it is implying that he raped her and then Judges 5:30 implies that Sisera was going to take her back to be made into a sex slave to be raped again, beaten, whipped and mutilated than murdered! ( which unfortunately still happens to many women and girls right now as I am typing this truth!) So Jael is justified for what she did and is called blessed above women and women in the tents, this also explains why Sisera told Jael to lie for him by telling her if someone asked her “Is there a man in your tent?” That she should lie and say “No.” And Sisera want to Jael’s tent on purpose not for safety but to defile her than take her back to be trafficked and treated worse than an animal! This also shows that he broke the treaty between King Jabin and the Kenites not Jael!
Thank you for your response and your compliments on the picture. I went ahead and re-read the verses you mentioned and I would have to politely disagree. Judges 5:27—He lay between her feet which would have been the best position for her to drive the tent peg through his skull. As for Judges 5:30–Yes, that would have been the intention of the victorious army, to take the women as spoils of war to rape and to make into slaves. That is indeed common practice in warfare and especially in ancient warfare and it is what his mother would have been expecting (as illustrated in this song). However, Sisera was not a general collecting the spoils of war (that is what the victorious army does). He was a defeated general running for his life. His army had been decimated. It doesn’t make sense for him to go into a group of people who are his allies and attempt to rape one of its women — and put his life further in danger. No, he would have been seeking refuge.
I will show you proof that that was his intention and that she killed him in self-defense!
In Judges 4:11 and 17 both Never and his wife Jael had separate tents, so Sisera would’ve gone to Jael’s husband’s tent if he wanted protection and Heber had separated himself from his people and Jael was also away from her people as well! A husband and wife had separate tents back than. And if you have a Hebrew-Greek KJVBible than look at the underlined words in Judges 4and 5 which are “had turned in” “covered” “brought forth” “bowed” and “fell down”! And the word “feet” is referring to one’s genitals, look up these verses as well, Debut 28:57, Ruth 3:3-14, 2 Samuel 11:8-11 Isaiah 6:2 and 7:20, Ezekiel 16:25, Exodus 4:25 and Chronicles 16:25! Let me know what you think.
Thank you for this engaging discussion! You certainly have given me a lot of homework, lol! I do appreciate your respectful tone—too many times people have disagreed and have just been so awful. But I enjoy engaging those that may have a different perspective but who are willing to have a conversation as opposed to an argument. So I looked up those words in the KJV and the interlinear and most of the references you gave. You bring up a valid point–why would he go to Jael’s tent first and not Heber’s? But the answer could be as simple, her tent is the first he came across. Again, he lost his chariot, he is on foot, tired and running for his life. In Judges for 4:18–she is bidding him (not the other way around). At first I thought, maybe with her words “turn aside” she is telling him to go away which would validate your point—but “turn aside” is in conjunction with “to me.” You can’t have someone go away to you–but it seems the meaning is step aside from the road to me–which is why the other translations translate that as “come into my tent.” And then she uses the words “fear not.” She is trying to calm his fears. Those are not the words you would use if you felt you were going to be taken advantage of. In Judges 4:19, the word cover can also be translated to hide or conceal according to Strong’s concordance. That fits with the idea that she would be making him believe she is hiding him. I do agree that the reference to feet is sometimes an idiom for genitals, but not always. Check out Revelation 1:17—-I fell at his feet as dead. If feet were genitals in that verse, that whole verse would be so weird. But the “as dead” gives us context just as in “dead” gives us context in Judges 5:27 (along with the rest of the story and circumstances). So I can say, “Kids hit the sack, its time for bed.” Hit the sack is an idiom meaning to go to sleep. But I can also say, “Hit the sack because it is full of dust.” Then it is literal…..I believe the same is true for language in Hebrew or Greek and we have to put in the work to determine which one is which—which is our dilemma, lol. BTW, you should check out my other website, BiblicalWarfare.com. I think you might enjoy it.
4:17 implies that Sisera knew where Heber’s tent was but went to Jael’s instead, and aren’t men supposed to protect women, going to her tent would put her in danger, and in this situation he was the danger because he went to her tent and raped her and broke the piece treaty between his people and the Canaanites, and he did this for his own personal gain! Jael was being kind to him and he then took advantage of her and was going to kidnap her, so she put him in his place. And if the traditional teaching of the story was true than if he wanted that woman to protect him, and he asked for water and she gave him milk instead he would’ve been suspicious about that and Jael’s plan would’ve not have worked! And Sisera in Judges 4:20 asked her to lie for him and told her”If anyone asks, is there any man here? Than tell them no.” Why would he be concern end about people knowing is there a man in her tent? Because no man is supposed to be there but her husband, so this proves that he raped Jael, and he was a serial rapist and this is what he and his men would do, he lost the war so he decided to go after Heber’s wife! And like I said before it was not just to rape her but for his own personal gain! This also shows that he was a weak man hiding behind a woman’s skirt!
I enjoyed leaving that important information. If you turn to Judges CH 9. their is this misogynist named Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal(Gideon) and near the end of the story he murdered a thousand men AND WOMEN in the tower of Shechem and he went to Thebez to do the same thing when the people ran to the tower to safety so that he wouldn’t kill them. And just as he was about to set that tower on fire, a woman in the tower threw down a piece of a millstone at his head and broke his skull open, fatally wounding him. He asks his armour bearer to kill him so that the woman wouldn’t have credit for killing him because in his evil, hateful and misogynist mind, it was “Shameful” and “embarrassing” for a woman to stand up for herself and to defend herself. Which also shows that he didn’t just see women as collateral damage but he took pleasure in violence against women! And it also shows that he knew the true story of Jael and Sisera and knew that Jael was justified in her actions against Sisera just like how he knew at that moment that the woman was justified for her actions against him! Both stories show the reason why we have women in the military and worldwide( in most countries) and in Judges CH 5 Jael was blessed for her righteous actions, and these stories also show why women and girls have to take and learn self-defense!
And also in I heard rumors that Sisera is related to the Nephilim in Genesis 6 and in verse 2 it says that the sons of Our Heavenly Father saw how Beautiful the daughters of men were and took them wives of all which they chose. And verse 4 says that the Heavenly father’s sons came in unto the daughters of men and they bare children which were mighty men which were of old and men of renown! And also there is this story(It happened in Albuquerque New Mexico in 2002!)that’s similar to Jael’s except that unlike Sisera, this other rapist was not able to rape his victim! The name of the rapist was Michael Magirl and the name of his would be victim is Mira O’Connell and the thing about it just like Sisera, Mr. Magirl was also a military man, who was a Marine Corporal who fought in Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s and he was highly trained and he threatened to kill her if she continued to fight back but she overpowered him by rolling him off of her bed and onto the floor and she had wrestled the gun from his grip and fired at him three times, and two of the shots hit him! After that she left with his gun and went to a neighbor’s house to call 911! And while she was doing that Michael Magirl crawled into the hallway of her home and he died! Mira O’Connell knew Jiu-jutsu which is way she was able to stop the rape from happening to bad Jael didn’t know martial arts or else she would’ve stopped Sisera from raping her, but at least she stopped him from kidnapping her! This is why self-defense is so important for women and girl!
And also in I heard rumors that Sisera is related to the Nephilim in Genesis 6 and in verse 2 it says that the sons of Our Heavenly Father saw how Beautiful the daughters of men were and took them wives of all which they chose. And verse 4 says that the Heavenly father’s sons came in unto the daughters of men and they bare children which were mighty men which were of old and men of renown! And also there is this story(It happened in Albuquerque New Mexico in 2002!)that’s similar to Jael’s except that unlike Sisera, this other rapist was not able to rape his victim! The name of the rapist was Michael Magirl and the name of his would be victim is Mira O’Connell and the thing about it just like Sisera, Mr. Magirl was also a military man, who was a Marine Corporal who fought in Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s and he was highly trained and he threatened to kill her if she continued to fight back but she overpowered him by rolling him off of her bed and onto the floor and she had wrestled the gun from his grip and fired at him three times, and two of the shots hit him! After that she left with his gun and went to a neighbor’s house to call 911! And while she was doing that Michael Magirl crawled into the hallway of her home and he died! Mira O’Connell knew Jiu-jutsu which is way she was able to stop the rape from happening to bad Jael didn’t know martial arts or else she would’ve stopped Sisera from raping her, but at least she stopped him from kidnapping her! This is why self-defense is so important for women and girls!
And I forgot to mention the size and wight and age differences! Mira O’Connell is 5’6 and weighed 135 IBS during the attack and she was 31 years old, Michael Magirl was 6 feet tall and weighed 170-175 IBS and he was 52 years old! It is a blessing from Our Heavenly Father that she was able to overpower and beat him and survive, and just like Jael and The Woman of Thebez, she had a fighting spirit!
And I forgot to mention the size and wight and age differences! Mira O’Connell is 5’6 and weighed 135 IBS during the attack and she was 31 years old, Michael Magirl was 6 feet tall and weighed 170-175 IBS and he was 52 years old! Just like Jael and The Woman of Thebez, she also had a fighting spirit!
And this is how Mira O’Connell overpowered her would be rapist! And Jiu jitsu is really good for women to learn in order to defend themselves from violent rapists like Sisera and Michael Magirl, “Plant one foot down,put one foot on his hip,kick him off in the direction of your foot that is planted.” She did this why she was still holding on to Magirl’s gun and she rolled his 175 pound body onto the floor! All three of these stories all remind me of David and Goliath because all three of these women took down giants! I feel bad that Sisera raped Jael but I am glad that she stopped him from kidnapping her and she put him in his place! It is unfortunate that those women in Genesis 6 were raped by Sisera’s ancestors, the Nephilim! And Our Heavenly Father gave all three of these women the strength to defeat these skirt wearing misogynists( Sisera, Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal and Michael Robert Magirl!) that where trying to harm them and Sisera was trying to bring more harm to Jael! So to all women and girls don’t forsake Our Heavenly Father and he will never forsake you! Piece out!
Here is a website about women in martial arts https://steve-rowe.com/2015/10/26/women-in-the-martial-arts/comment-page-1/
Here are two links, one about Mira O’Connell’s story and the other one is about a detailed first hand account from her and she also describes how she defended herself and defeated, completely dominated, destroyed and killed the serial rapist and Marine Corporal Michael Robert Magirl! https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125846&page=1 and https://thewill2survive.com (Scroll down to the bottom, it’s the last option that says “MY PODCAST”!)Goodbye and be blessed!
This is my last comment I will leave on her and I pray that you accept it because it will really help people to think and read between the lines, Our Heavenly Father has just revealed to me that in judges 5 that in verse 27 when it says that “he bowed” “he fell” “he lay down” it is implied that he attempted to rape her because in the bible when someone has sex weather it is consensual or not it always uses the terms “He lay with her” or “She lay with him” judges ch5 deos not use this term or language, also in judges CH 4 Sisera orders Jael to lie for him, because it was not just that he had people trying to kill him but that he wanted to take advantage of Jael and use her as a shield(A weak man hiding behind a woman’s skirt.) And I know that this is not written down but she obviously refused and then Sisera began attacking her and throes her to the ground and tried to rape her but Our Heavenly Father gave her SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH to protect herself and she was able to overpower him and hit him in the head( perhaps with the hammer) and knocked him out! Before he could regain consciousness or as he was regaining consciousness, she found a nail and hammered it into his temples and into the ground, and he died. And in judges CH 5 it says that the heavens fought against Sisera implying that he was a descendent if the fallen angels in Genesis 6 who were giants and had great strength so for Jael to be given SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH (Like Samson) and overpowering and killing her would be rapist is no small feat! It is like when the Heavenly Father gives that strength to a mother to lift a car off if her child, He used Jael to literally lift the oppression of Sisera, King Jabin and Canaanites off of Israel! And Mira’s story mimics her story since Magirl was at her feet trying to rape her, but God also gave her that SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH to protect herself and overcome her would be rapist! You might disagree with me about Judges 4 and 5 but if others see this comment they might start to do some research of their own and find the truth for themselves! Have a blessed day!
This is my final comment that also reveals the true story of Jael and Sisera, the picture of Jael above should be called “Jael the female David”. In Verse 17 of Judges 4 Siseradid nit just go to Jael’s tent for refuge, he used the piece treaty and planned on taking advantage of her and came to her tent under the false pretense of peace and was going to go back to Canaan to get more troops or to fight another day. In verse 18 she goes out to meet him and welcomes him in and tells him not to be afraid, she was being a good hostess but it’s unfortunate that she was fooled by his ruse. In verses 19 and 20 Sisera starts giving her orders and orders her to give him a drink of water and she instead gives him milk because that was all she had, she would’ve had to gone out and drawn water from a well, and than orders her to stand guard like his watch dog and tells her if someone comes by looking for a man in her tent just lie and tell them no,Jaels response is not recorded but she obviously must have refused. Before verse 21 according to Judges 5:27 he throws Jael down to ground, beat her and takes off his clothes and pins her arms over her head and attempts to tear off her clothes to try and rape Jael but Our Heavenly Father heard and saw Jael’s cry and desperation so he gave her SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH and she overpowered him got a nearby tent peg and hammer and nailed him through the temples and into the ground and he instantly died at the same exact spot on the ground where he attempted to rape her! And in Judges 5 Sisera like a said before was an offspring of the fallen angels since it says the heavens and stars fought against him,so her being able to overpower him with devine strength and defend herself is a BIG MOVE! And Sisera’s mother also being the offspring if the fallen angels waited for her son come home with young Israelite women and girls as sex slaves but she never realized that her son got killed by a woman that he tried to rape, he as well as his men spent 20 years raping young Israelite women and girls and he is than killed by his would be victim, POETIC JUSTICE! And Jael was compared to Shamgar because he was also brave too! Ehud delivered Is real but his action of killing Eglon was not approved by God because he was cunning and deceitful and this was assassination/murder. The first recorded attempted rape in the bible is when Potiphar’s wife attempts to rape Joseph and tore off his robe or a piece if his clothing but by him being a man was able to get away and did not need to have devine strength from Our Heavenly Father! The only true female assassin found in the bible is in the apocrypha and her name is Judith. And the two things in judges 4:21 tiptoeing and sleeping were things added by the translators to fool not just people, but particularly women into thinking that Jael was a weak woman and to have women and girls to think that they are weak and cannot fight back and that god can not or will not give them SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH in a crisis, all lies from Lucifer! It is great to see that Our Heavenly Father loves both men and women and that he gave Jael, Woman of Thebez and Mira O’Connell all the STRENGTH OF A GIANTESS to fight back against Lucifer/Satan and his Toxic Masculinity! And when this truth about Jael comes out, it will change the way women are viewed worldwide and we all will see little girls walking out of Sunday or Sabbath school with little toy tent pegs and hammers in their hands and this will in courage them to workout, get into self defence and martial arts and not to be afraid to lifts weights and get strong not just physically but mentally and spiritually and it will let men and boys to cherish and have respect for women and girls! Here is link to Proverbs 31 warrior woman, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2031&version=KJV Be blessed and have a great 4th of July!
This is my actual last comment is this, because Our Heavenly Father revealed to me one more last truth, in judges 5:27 when it says”At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, their he fell down dead.” It is saying that Sisera attempted to rape Jael twice the first time he attacked her beat her threw her to ground tore off his clothes, (Or might have already been naked since he was laying down in a bed when Jael covered him with a blanket when he was tricking her into thinking that he was an innocent man.) was on the boy on top sex position using his hands to pin her hands over her head than started kissing on her face and mouth against her will to arouse himself and arouse her and it worked, than he uses one hand to hold her hands over her head while the other one he uses to try and there off her clothing, but like I said before, Our Heavenly Father put his spirit upon her and she broke free of his very strong grip and got him off and grabbed a nearby tent peg and hammer and Sisera came at her again(Obviously shocked at the fact that a small petite woman could overpower him especially by him being an offspring of fallen angels!) and tried to overpower her, but Jael was able to hold him down between her legs (at her feet) and she pounded the tent peg through his temples and into the ground and he died! It did not matter what weapons were nearby weather it be a knife, sword, spear or gun, she used what was there to defend herself and her honor as a woman. And the other reason why the translators added “And went softly unto him,” and “For he was fast asleep and weary.” in judges 4:21 was to make Jael look like the aggressor and make Sisera look like a victim, but thankfully Satan’s plan has failed and the truth has been revealed and when the rest of the world knows this women and girls will no longer want to sexualize themselves or sell their bodies for money, women will be views differently and just like how little boys learn about David and how he defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone, little girls will learn about Jael and how she defeated Sisera with a tent peg and hammer! Jael truly is the Bible’s female David, and all women and girls will want to be just like her, have a blessed day and thank you for allowing me to share this important information!
https://frutfullywomen.com/why-the-proverbs-31-woman-is-a-woman-of-valor/ scroll to bottom of comments for the truth! Be blessed and have a great day!
https://fruitfullywomen.com/why-the-proverbs-31-woman-is-a-woman-of-valor/