Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger
in the days of Jael,
the main ways were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
Jael » Wife of heber, and the one who killed sisera
the wife of Heber the Kenite;
she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.
in the days of Jael,
the main ways were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite. Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, "Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Don't be afraid." So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a rug. He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty." She opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him [again]. read more.
Then he said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If a man comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.' " While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber's wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died. When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, "Come and I will show you the man you are looking for." So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!
Then he said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If a man comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.' " While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber's wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died. When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, "Come and I will show you the man you are looking for." So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!
Shamgar » deliverer » Judge
After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He delivered Israel by striking down 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.
in the days of Jael,
the main ways were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
Travelers » For security often left the highways
in the days of Jael,
the main ways were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
Travellers » Travellers
Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man could not bring himself to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.
in the days of Jael,
the main ways were deserted
because travelers kept to the side roads.
its Savior in time of distress,
why are You like a foreigner in the land,
like a traveler stopping only for the night?