“Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”
Now Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between King Jabin of Canaan and the house of Heber the Kenite. — Sisera's flight to Jael's tent exploits the 'peace' relationship between Jabin and Heber's Kenites, suggesting that he expected sanctuary with a neutral or allied household. The detail regarding Jael ('wife of Heber the Kenite') introduces the central female figure whose actions will fulfill Deborah's prophecy of verse 9.
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