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Sisera
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or SISERA . 1 . In Judges 4:2 ff. Sisera is represented as captain of the host of Jabin , a Canaanite king; his army is overcome by the Israelites under Barak. In his flight after the battle, Sisera, overcome by fatigue, seeks refuge in the tent of Jael , who treacherously kills him while asleep. In another account ( Judges 5:1-31 , the older account) Sisera appears as an independent ruler, and Jabin is not even mentioned; the two accounts differ in a number of subsidiary details, but in two salient points they agree, namely, as to the defeat of Sisera and as to the manner of his death. It is clear that two traditions, one concerning Jabin and another concerning Sisera, have been mixed up together; in order to harmonize them Sisera has been made Jabin’s captain (see Barak, Deborah, etc.). 2 . A family of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:53 = 1Es 5:32 Sam erar ).
W. O. E. Oesterley.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Sisera'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/s/sisera.html. 1909.
