Sisera
Americannoun
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the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
noun
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a defeated leader of the Canaanites, who was assassinated by Jael (Judges 4:17–21)
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A classic example of tactical guile was offered by the Prophetess Deborah in her battle with the Canaanite general, Sisera.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, for instance, is poached trout called Trout Sisera?
From Time Magazine Archive
And she said, "I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the Lord will give Sisera into the hand of a woman."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Kadesh, for example, might be a natural meeting-place for an attack upon Hazor, and the designation “Jabin’s general,” applied to Sisera, is probably due to the attempt to harmonize the two distinct stories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
Howbeit Sisera fled away on foot 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.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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