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Heber (Jdg 4:11)

Heber (Jdg 4:11)

Son of Elpaal and Beriah, father of Hotham, Japhlet and Shomer. Named in scripture at Judges 4:11.

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 2
Family & lineage
BibleSon of Elpaal and Beriah.
Judges 4:11
Beriah · Elpaal
BibleHusband of Jael.
Judges 4:11
Jael

Where in scripture

Judges

Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

Judges 4:11

However 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.

Judges 4:17

Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.

Judges 4:21

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

Judges 5:24

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Judges 4:11Judges 4:17Judges 4:21Judges 5:24

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