People of the Bible › Heber
Heber חֶ֫בֶר
A Kenite; husband of Jael. Heber the Kenite; husband of Jael. He had separated from the Kenites and allied with Jabin, king of Hazor.
Family
| Spouses | Jael |
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Where Heber appears
Judges (4)
Key verses
- Judges 4:11 first mention — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 4:17 — Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:21 — Then 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 5:24 — Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.