Why Jael Used a Tent Peg and Not a Weapon

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 56:2

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This is what Scripture says: "She put her hand to the distaff" (Proverbs 31:19) — this is Jael, who did not kill him with a weapon of war but with a tent peg, as it is written, "She put her hand to the tent peg" (Judges 5:26). And why did she not kill him with a weapon of war? In order to fulfill what is said, "A man's gear shall not be on a woman" (Deuteronomy 22:5).

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