Juízes 4:17

17 Entretanto Sísera fugiu a pé para a tenda de Jael, mulher de Heber, o queneu, porquanto havia paz entre Jabim, rei de Hazor, e a casa de Heber, o queneu.

Juízes 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:17

Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet
Got off, and made his escape

to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite;
before spoken of, ( Judges 4:11 ) ; and he made to that, because he might think himself safer in a tent than in a town; and especially in the tent of a woman, where he might imagine no search would be made; for women of note, in those times, had separate tents, see ( Genesis 24:67 ) ; and the rather he made his escape hither for a reason that follows:

for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of
Heber the Kenite;
which Jabin might the more readily come into, because these were not Israelites, nor did they make any claim to the country, and lived only in tents, and attended their flocks, and were a quiet people, and not at all disposed to war; and it might be so ordered by the providence of God, as a rebuke to the Israelites for their sins, when those who were only proselytes kept close to the worship of God, and so enjoyed liberty, peace, and prosperity.

Juízes 4:17 In-Context

15 E o Senhor desbaratou a Sísera, com todos os seus carros e todo o seu exército, ao fio da espada, diante de Baraque; e Sísera, descendo do seu carro, fugiu a pé.

16 Mas Baraque perseguiu os carros e o exército, até Harosete dos Gentios; e todo o exército de Sísera caiu ao fio da espada; não restou um só homem.

17 Entretanto Sísera fugiu a pé para a tenda de Jael, mulher de Heber, o queneu, porquanto havia paz entre Jabim, rei de Hazor, e a casa de Heber, o queneu.

18 Saindo Jael ao encontro de Sísera, disse-lhe: Entra, senhor meu, entra aqui; não temas. Ele entrou na sua tenda; e ela o cobriu com uma coberta.

19 Então ele lhe disse: Peço-te que me dês a beber um pouco d'água, porque tenho sede. Então ela abriu um odre de leite, e deu-lhe de beber, e o cobriu.