Judges 5:26
“She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
She put her hand to the nail,.... Her left hand, as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions express it, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Rather “she smote his head, and she struck and pierced through his temple.”
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 5:24-31
Deborah here concludes this triumphant song,
I. With the praises of Jael, her sister-heroine, whose valiant act had…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
While he was standing (Jdg 5:5) and about to drink, Jael dealt him a shattering blow with a wooden implement. We are…