Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Rather, she smote his head, and she struck and pierced through his temple.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Nail... workman’s hammer. —See on Judges 4:21.

Smote.Hammered.

Smote off his he…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

She put her hand to the nail
Her left hand, as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions express it, and as…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Jael had a special blessing. Those whose appointed lot is humble, in a lowly and confined sphere, if they serve God according to the abilities He h…