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.
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Gill's Exposition
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, Jdg 4:11; and he made to that, because he might think…
Barnes' Notes
Sisera went, not to Heber’s tent, but to Joel’s, as more secure from pursuit. Women occupied a separate tent. Gen 18:6, Gen 18:10; Gen 24:67.
We have seen the army of the Canaanites totally routed. It is said (Psa 83:9, Psa 83:10, where the defeat of this army is pleaded as a precedent for God's doing the like in after times) that they…
Cambridge Bible
Clause a taken with Jdg 4:4 implies that Sisera, as he fled from the battle, found a place of refuge close by; but according to clause b taken with Jdg 4:4 Jael's tent was in the north, near…
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