Jael Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Who was Jael's husband?
- A. Heber the Kenite ✓
- B. Barak the son of Abinoam
- C. Sisera
- D. Jabin
Answer: Heber the Kenite
Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites... and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. (Judges 4:11)
Q2.What was the relationship between Heber and the house of Jabin?
- A. There was peace between them ✓
- B. They were at war
- C. They were family
- D. They were strangers
Answer: There was peace between them
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah... and dwelt among the people. And Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites... and there was peace between Jabin and the house of Heber. (Judges 4:11, 17)
Q3.Where did Sisera flee after his defeat?
- A. To the tent of Jael ✓
- B. To the city of Hazor
- C. To Egypt
- D. To the wilderness
Answer: To the tent of Jael
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite. (Judges 4:17)
Q4.What did Jael tell Sisera to do?
- A. Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not ✓
- B. Run away quickly
- C. Fight Barak
- D. Hide in the cave
Answer: Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. (Judges 4:18)
Q5.What did Jael cover Sisera with?
- A. A mantle ✓
- B. A blanket
- C. A coat of mail
- D. A tent curtain
Answer: A mantle
And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. (Judges 4:18)
Q6.What did Sisera ask Jael for when he was thirsty?
- A. A little water ✓
- B. Wine
- C. Milk
- D. Bread
Answer: A little water
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. (Judges 4:19)
Q7.What did Jael give Sisera to drink instead of water?
- A. Milk in a lordly bowl ✓
- B. Wine
- C. Honey
- D. Oil
Answer: Milk in a lordly bowl
And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. (Judges 4:19)
Q8.What did Jael take in her hand to kill Sisera?
- A. A nail of the tent and an hammer ✓
- B. A sword
- C. A spear
- D. A knife
Answer: A nail of the tent and an hammer
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand. (Judges 4:21)
Q9.Where did Jael smite the nail into Sisera?
- A. Into his temples, fastening it into the ground ✓
- B. Into his heart
- C. Into his back
- D. Into his side
Answer: Into his temples, fastening it into the ground
And smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. (Judges 4:21)
Q10.How does Deborah's song describe Jael?
- A. Blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite, blessed shall she be above women in the tent ✓
- B. A deceitful woman
- C. A fearful woman
- D. A queen of Israel
Answer: Blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite, blessed shall she be above women in the tent
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. (Judges 5:24)