00:00What if I told you a woman killed a powerful enemy general in his sleep with a tent peg,
00:07and the Bible celebrates her role in Israel's victory?
00:10This is the story of Jael.
00:14Cicero was a ruthless Canaanite general whose army had been defeated.
00:18Desperate to escape, he fled on foot and hid inside the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.
00:26Jael welcomed him, covered him with a blanket, and gave him milk to drink.
00:31Exhausted, Cicero fell into a deep sleep.
00:34Then Jael took a tent peg and a hammer, quietly approached him, and drove the peg through his temple and
00:42into the ground.
00:43Cicero died.
00:45Here's the surprising part.
00:47Heber's household was at peace with Jabin, the king Cicero served.
00:51Yet Jael became the woman who brought Cicero's escape to an end.
00:56Her story is told in Judges 4, and her actions are celebrated again in the Song of Deborah in Judges
01:035.
01:04The lesson?
01:05You don't have to be famous, wealthy, or powerful to make a difference.
01:10Sometimes, an unexpected person can play a pivotal role in a much bigger story.
01:15You don't have to be famous.
