One of Israel's Greatest Hits

 

Judges 5:24 “Most blessed of women be Jael,
    the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
25 He asked for water and she gave him milk;
    she brought him curds in a noble's bowl.
26 She sent her hand to the tent peg
    and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
she struck Sisera; she crushed his head;
    she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell—dead.

The songs of Israel found in scripture are interesting summaries of historical events.  Judges 4 and 5 tell of Deborah, who stepped up when no men would, and of Jael, who struck the deciding blow, as well as Sisera's mother, who never saw him come home.  Women are not bystanders and make some of the best song writers. The show us what is really going on in culture.  What do the songs of our day tell us?