OLD TESTAMENT

Judges 5:24

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“Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

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Verse 24. Among. Hebrew “above.” After cursing those who befriended the enemy, Debbora pronounces a blessing upon Jahel. Bible.—The blessed Virgin is surely still more entitled to praise. Worthington.—Tent. It was esteemed a mark of virtue for a woman to keep at home. Drusius.

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