Today's focus in the #AtoZChallenge is the letter J, and I've chosen a topic that might seem rather gruesome: the story of Jael in the book of Judges. Judges 4 gives the gory details of the end of Jael's life. Read Judges 4, as well as the poem below, to discover what happened! Jael’s Peg Judges 4 Sisera was an enemy In a Hebrew nation war A fact he would have changed Had he known what lay in store. The battles he had won Made him proud and prone to boast He thought Israel would fall Just as easily as most. But God had other plans And used a woman in a tent To bring a warlord down And cause a nation to repent. As Deborah had predicted, A victory would be won But not by any man -- By a woman it was done. Jael called to Sisera: “Come hide inside my tent. I’ll give you milk to drink, And they won’t know where you went.” Jael grabbed a peg While Sisera took a nap; She nailed it through his head As he lay upon her lap. As Deborah had predicted Victory was at hand, With credit to a woman, Just as God had planned. From . . . And a Poem, Too by Kathy Mansfield
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