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Judges 5:24-27

King James Version (KJV)

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24. Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25. He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

Judges 5:24-27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 5:24

Theological / Devotional

Blessed above women. The Hebrew word here translated “blessed” is often used in the sense of “to praise,” “to speak highly of,” “to celebrate.” In contrast with the refusal of the inhabitants of Meroz to help their kindred is Jael, a woman who was not racially connected with the Israelites, who was, in fact, politically allied with their enemies.

Women in the tent. That is, Jael would be the most prominent of all Bedouin women.

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