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 the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple. 27At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he ...

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 sedative than sexual satiation. Yael's goal was to make Sisera sleep so she could kill him. Sisera is clearly depicted as being exhausted from his unsuccessful battle.

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 21). Comparison to Joash. They are both men who receive a prophecy and fail to act properly rightly to that prophecy and thus are not as blessed as they could be.

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 commander. Deborah's prediction that Sisera will be killed by a woman is definitely presented by the author as a prophecy.

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 help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.' Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan explains more.

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 prophets it is written: "let not one of them escape" (1 Kings 18:40), and Ahab reported to Jezebel that Elijah "had slain all the prophets with the sword" (1 Kings 19: ...

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 brethren; they had already made up their minds before consulting the priest, they just asked him who should go first!

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 Harosheth-hagoyim. From Joshua 11:1-...

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 lordly bowl. 26 She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, She split and struck through his ...

Mar 30, 2017 · The many references to events mentioned in Judges don't necessarily mean that the psalm was composed contemporaneously with Judges - quite the opposite, if it follows closely the order of events in that book, the chances are higher that it was composed by someone who used the book of Judges as scripture, and not by someone who witnessed the events or knew them from an independent oral tradition.