Mar 22, 2021 · 25 He [Sisera] asked for water, and she [Jael] gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk. 26Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for …

May 31, 2024 · Quite a few other commentaries also interpret Yael's wooing of Sisera as sexual. This article gives examples. However, in my view, motherly seduction is the more likely type of …

Jul 17, 2022 · Yes. Had Barak had greater faith than Sisera would have been given into his hands (verse seven). Instead, he is given into the hands of a woman (verse 9). Jael's hands (verse …

Rather, she is a kind of talisman for Barak, the general. He goes to war only because Deborah promises to go with him, and in the end it is actually a woman, Jael/Yael, who kills the enemy …

5:20 From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera. 5:23 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of Yahweh. 'Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn't come to …

Oct 13, 2015 · It is to be seen that as the account in Judges records: “all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword and there was not a man left” (Judges 4:16-17), so of the Baal …

Mar 15, 2021 · In Judges 4:2 (NASB) So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in …

Nachmanides in his commentary to Genesis 19:8 enumerates three reasons: The tribes of Israel didn't ask god (through the Urim and Thummim) whether they should wage war with their …

Dec 20, 2023 · 24 “Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents. 25 He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a …

This word describes bodily destruction and is best illustrated in Judges 5:26, where Jael pierced through Sisera's head from temple to temple with a tent peg. David used this word to describe …