TRIV What woman pounded a nail through a sleeping man's skull?

And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them . Numbers 11:1

Trivia: The people complained about the lack of food and water during the Exodus, so God sent fiery serpents to bite them.

What woman pounded a nail through a sleeping man's skull?


Jael

Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. Judges 4:21

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