Where is Sisera mentioned in the Bible

Lxx σεισάρα).sisera (judg 4 and 5) was the captain of the army under jabin, the canaanite king of hazor.although the israelites under joshua had defeated the northern coalition and destroyed the city of hazor (), this city had been rebuilt and become the capital of the canaanites.jabin may have been the hereditary royal title among the.It is mentioned here to account for the subsequent narrative, but possibly also because the news of the great muster of the israelites at kedesh had been carried to sisera by some of the tribe judges 4:12, whose tents we are here informed were in the immediate neighborhood of kedesh.Both accounts work together to tell the whole story.The other sisera—the infamous sisera—lived in the time of the judges and was the commander of a.All the women of the bible.In the second 6 tribes are given as being under his command.

After all was lost he fled to the settlement of heber the kenite in the plain of zaanaim.Extolled above women be jael, the wife of heber.In the times of the israelite judges, sisera was the captain of the army of jabin, king of canaan.Sisera access to the complete content on oxford biblical studies online requires a subscription.In judges 4 sisera is known as the captain of jabin's forces, while in judges 5 he seems to have been an independent leader.[citation needed] deborah pictures sisera's mother looking out of a window, waiting for her son, and wondering why he has not yet returned.her attendants suggest, and she agrees, that sisera is dividing and enjoying the plunder.