Sisera (Easton)

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(Egypt. Ses-Ra, 'servant of Ra'). The captain of Jabin's army (Judges 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. After all was lost he fled to the settlement of Heber the Kenite in the plain of Zaanaim. Jael, Heber's wife, received him into her tent with"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda. Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter S Bible Dictionaries Sisera Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Sirion Next Entry Sitnah Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Sisera Thompson Chain Reference Sisera Dictionaries American Tract Society Sisera Chabad Knowledge Base Sisera Easton's Bible Dictionary Sisera Fausset Bible Dictionary Sisera Holman Bible Dictionary Sisera (2) Sisera Hitchcock Bible Names Sisera Hastings' BibleDictionary Sisera Morrish Bible Dictionary Sisera Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Sisera Smith Bible Dictionary Sisera Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Sisera Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Sisera McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Sisera The Jewish Encyclopedia Sisera Lexicons סִיסְרָא (Egypt. Ses-Ra, "servant of Ra"). The captain of Jabin's army ( Judges 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon. After all was lost he fled to the settlement of Heber the Kenite in the plain of Zaanaim. Jael, Heber's wife, received him into her tent with apparent hospitality, and "gave him butter" (i.e., lebben, or curdled milk) "in a lordly dish." Having drunk the refreshing beverage, he lay down, and soon sank into the sleep of the weary. While he lay asleep Jael crept stealthily up to him, and taking in her hand one of the tent pegs, with a mallet she drove it with such force through his temples that it entered into the ground where he lay, and "at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead." The part of Deborah's song ( Judges 5:24-27 ) referring to the death of Sisera (which is a "mere patriotic outburst," and "is no proof that purer eyes would have failed to see gross sin mingling with Jael's service to Israel") is thus rendered by Professor Roberts (Old Testament Revision): "Extolled above women be Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite, Extolled above women in the tent. He asked for water, she gave him milk; She brought him cream in a lordly dish. She stretched forth her hand to the nail, Her right hand to the workman's hammer, And she smote Sisera; she crushed his head, She crashed through and transfixed his temples. At her feet he curled himself, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he curled himself, he fell; And where he curled himself, there he fell dead." The ancestor of some of the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:53 ; Nehemiah 7:55 ).

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)