Sisera
[Sĭs’eră] – meditation, battle array or sees a horse.
1. Commander of the Canaanite army which held northern Israel in subjection. He was killed by Jael (Judg. 4:21, 22;1 Sam. 12:9; Ps. 83:9). In his flight after battle with the Israelites under Barak, Sisera, overcome by fatigue, sought shelter in the tent of Jael, who treacherously slew him while asleep – the death prophesied by Deborah (Judg. 4:9). The most tragic aspect of the murder of Sisera is that of his anxious mother awaiting the return of her son. Jael’s cruel act broke a mother’s heart.
2. One of the Nethinims whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55).
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All the Men of the Bible
by Herbert Lockyer
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