However 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.
Jael probably gave Sisera milk [buttermilk? Heb. hem’ah] instead of water (Judges 4:19) because milk was a better drink and would have assured Sisera of Jael’s good will toward him. Furthermore she may have intended that it would induce sleep in him. Wine has the opposite effect, at least in moderation.