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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 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીન્યાયાધીશો ૪:૨૧
પછી યાએલ હેબેરની પત્ની તંબુમાં અણીદાર લાકડું તથા હાથમાં હથોડી લઈને છાનીમાની તેની પાસે ગઈ, કેમ કે તે ભરનિદ્રામાં હતો, તેણે તેના માથામાં તે લાકડું માર્યું અને તે તેને વીંધીને જમીનમાં પેસી ગયું. એથી તે મૂર્છા ખાઈને મરણ પામ્યો.
हिन्दीन्यायियों ४:२१
इसके बाद हेबेर की स्त्री याएल ने डेरे की एक खूँटी ली, और अपने हाथ में एक हथौड़ा भी लिया, और दबे पाँव उसके पास जाकर खूँटी को उसकी कनपटी में ऐसा ठोक दिया कि खूँटी पार होकर भूमि में धँस गई; वह तो थका था ही इसलिए गहरी नींद में सो रहा था। अतः वह मर गया।

In context

19He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.

20He said to her, “Stand in the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’”

21Then 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.

22Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.” He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.

23So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.

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