Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Highways » By-paths more secure in times of danger
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
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Jael » Wife of heber, and the one who killed sisera
Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, is the most blessed of women. The most blessed of women who live in tents.
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In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
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Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite. There was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him: Come my lord, come right in. Do not be afraid. When he came in to her tent, she covered him with a mantle. He said to her: Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty. She opened a jug of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. read more.
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.
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.
Shamgar » deliverer » Judge
The next leader was Shamgar son of Anath. He too rescued Israel, and did so by killing six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
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In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
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Travelers » For security often left the highways
In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
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Travellers » Travellers
Now, a visitor came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the traveler.
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In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads.
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You are Israel's hope, its savior in times of trouble. Why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only one night?
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