Bible Strands
Judges 4:22
When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jael speaks to Barak at the moment he arrives pursuing the fleeing Canaanite commander Sisera, inviting him to enter her tent to see his target.
The words — וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה (ve./hi.Neh) literally means “and/there!” and functions as a demonstrative pointer to the dead body. לִ/קְרָאת֔/וֹ (li/k.ra.T/o) means “to meet him,” describing Jael’s deliberate movement toward the arriving pursuer.
The thread — The motif of pursuing and revealing a sought man appears in 2 Samuel 17:3 and 2 Samuel 17:10, where the text describes the pursuit of one life and the fear surrounding a returning leader.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to note how divine judgment executes through an unexpected agent and how military pursuit ends in confirmed, physical defeat.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 17:3 and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
- 2 Samuel 17:10 Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.