Type: person
She was the wife of Heber the Kenite. During the time of the judge Deborah, Jabin, the king of Hazor (Canaanite city), sent his army to invade the Israelites. At that time, Sisera, the commander of Hazor's army, was defeated by the armies of Deborah and Barak and fled on foot.
She welcomed Sisera as he fled, falsely reassured him, and after he fell asleep, she drove a tent peg through his head, killing him.
Judges 4:17Now Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.Judges 4:18And Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.Judges 4:19And Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.Judges 4:20And he said to her, “Stand at the opening of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say, ‘No.’”Judges 4:21But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died.Judges 4:22And behold, as Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he went in to her tent, and there lay Sisera dead, with the tent peg in his temple.
Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, and travelers kept to the byways.