Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a nail of the tent,....
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Judges 4:21
Judges 4:21
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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a nail: One of the spikes of the tent. See note on Exodus 35:18.
and took: Heb. and…