Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

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KJV

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

ASV

Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

YLT

Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

DBT

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, Blessed above women in the tent!

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(Judges 5:24) Blessed among women, Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Among women, namely Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, and almost all women. Let her be blessed in the temple, the Lord is understood, so that her memorial may be there, just like Judith. And the reason why she is blessed is given, namely because she acted wisely and prudently, in that she gave milk to the one asking for water. Therefore, she gave milk, so that the fleeing enemy would find a stronger faith in her.

Jerome· Commentary on the Song of Deborah, 420patristic

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Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Blessed above women shall Jael - be - She shall be highly celebrated as a most heroic woman; all the Israelitish women shall glory in her. I do not understand these words as expressive of the Divine approbation towards Jael. See the observations at the end of Jdg 4:24 (note). The word bless, both in Hebrew and Greek, often signifies to praise, to speak well of, to celebrate. This is most probably its sense here.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Blessed - Celebrated, and endowed with all sorts of blessings more than they. In the tent - In her tent or habitation, in her house and family, and all her affairs: for she and hers dwelt in tents. The tent is here mentioned as an allusion to the place where the fact was done.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

Jael in the tent wins as rich a blessing as Barak in the field. Nothing is more confounding, grievous, and shameful, than disappointment, and Deborah here does most elegantly describe two great disappointments, the shame of which was typical of sinners' everlasting shame. Sisera found a fatal enemy where he expected a firm and faithful friend.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Luke 1:28
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
Luke 1:42
In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Genesis 14:19
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
Judges 4:17
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Proverbs 31:31
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
Judges 4:9
“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
1 Samuel 15:6
And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 27:10
who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

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About this book

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Luke 1:28
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
leads to
- Judges 6:12
  And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
- Daniel 10:19
  “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord,…
- Luke 1:30
  So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Ephesians 1:6
  to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Daniel 9:21–23
  while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Through
Proverbs 31:31
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
leads to
- Psalms 128:2
  For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- Hebrews 6:10
  For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- Romans 16:1–4
  I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

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