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Sisera
Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king who oppressed Israel during the period of the judges. In Judges 4–5 he is defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak, and while fleeing he is killed by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.
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- Judges 5Bible
Judges 5 is a poem celebrating the victory of Deborah and Barak over Sisera, commander of the Canaanite army. It contrasts the tribes that joined the battle with those that stayed away, praises Jael, and closes by noting that the land had rest for forty years.
- Brook KishonBible
The Brook Kishon is a stream that flows through the Jezreel Valley and along the foot of Mount Carmel into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it appears as the place where Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera and where Elijah executed the prophets of Baal.
- Judges 4Bible
Judges 4 recounts how, under the oppression of the Canaanite king Jabin and his army commander Sisera, the prophetess and judge Deborah commissions Barak to deliver Israel, and how Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, kills Sisera.
- BarakPeople
Barak was an Israelite military leader in the period of the judges who, at the summons of the prophetess Deborah, defeated Sisera, the commander of the army of the Canaanite king Jabin. He appears in Judges 4–5 and is named among the people of faith in Hebrews 11.
- JaelPeople
Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, appears in Judges 4–5. She killed Sisera, the Canaanite commander who was fighting against Israel, in her tent, and the Song of Deborah praises her as one who shall be "blessed above women."
- Kishon RiverBible
The Kishon River flows through the Jezreel Valley and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel. In the Bible it appears as the place where the judge Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera, and where Elijah put the prophets of Baal to death.
- JabinPeople
Jabin was king of Hazor, a city in northern Canaan. A king of Hazor by this name appears in both Joshua 11 and Judges 4; in Judges, Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera, the commander of his army.
- Heber the KenitePeople
Heber was a Kenite who appears in Judges 4–5. A descendant of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, he was the husband of Jael, who killed the Canaanite commander Sisera.
- Song of DeborahBible
The Song of Deborah is a victory song recorded in Judges 5. Deborah, a prophetess and judge, sang it to God together with Barak after they defeated the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera.
- Jezreel ValleyBible
The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.