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Jael

A woman, before Israel's Monarchy · named in 6 verses

Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, killed Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army, by driving a tent peg through his temple.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mountain-goat,

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Partners Heber

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Judges 4:17.

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