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Jael kills Sisera with a tent peg. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: F. Obermann. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 66. Click on image to enlarge it.

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. [Judges 4: 22; King James Bible]

Old Testament Heroines from The Picture Bible

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Bibliography

Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Columbia University Library. Web. 25 June 2016.


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