1. Juges 4:22 (NEG79)
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What does Jael have in common with Shamgar?

Juges 4:22 (NEG79)

22 Comme Barak poursuivait Sisera, Jaël sortit à sa rencontre et lui dit: Viens, et je te montrerai l'homme que tu cherches. Il entra chez elle, et voici, Sisera était étendu mort, le pieu dans la tempe.

Like Shamgar, Jael “improvised a weapon from a domestic implement. Like Shamgar, Jael is a non-Israelite. Shamgar, if a Canaanite, was a member of Israel’s archenemies. Likewise, Jael is a member of a Kenite splinter group, which is at peace with Jabin, the king of Canaan, Israel’s archenemy Judges 4:11, Judges 4:17)!"1