Jael in the Bible
Meaning: he that ascends; a kid
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Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.
Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, "Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don't be afraid." So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.
Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died.
Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, "Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for." He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg in his temple.
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Jael » Wife of heber, and the one who killed sisera
Again he said: Stand at the door of the tent. When any man comes to inquire and asks: 'Is there a man here?' Say: No.' Then Jael Heber's wife picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went to him while he was fast asleep and drove the peg into his temple and it went down into the ground. He was fast asleep and weary. So he died. Barak pursued Sisera and Jael came out to meet him. She said to him: Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. He went to her tend and saw Sisera lay dead with the peg in his temple.