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General Sisera

General Sisera (title)Commander of King Jabin's Army (title)

The ruthless Canaanite commander who oppressed Israel harshly for twenty years with 900 iron chariots — until God's cloudburst bogged his wheels in the Kishon River and Jael's tent peg ended his tyranny.

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Historical Era Conquest & Judges

Featured In Season 13

Key Passage Judges 4:2–22

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Harosheth-hagoyim

Judges 4:2

Slain in his sleep inside the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite by a tent peg driven through his temple

Judges 4:21

📜 Complete Scriptural Narrative

Based at Harosheth-hagoyim as supreme commander of Canaanite King Jabin's forces, Sisera terrorized Israel for twenty years with 900 chariots of iron (Judges 4:2–3). Lured into the Kishon valley at the base of Mount Tabor, his invincible iron chariots were suddenly bogged in deep mud when the LORD sent a torrential cloudburst and flooded the torrent Kishon (Judges 4:13–15; Judges 5:20–21). Abandoning his chariot and fleeing on foot to the tent of Jael, he drank warm milk, fell asleep under a rug, and was slain by a tent peg in the hand of a woman — just as Deborah had prophesied (Judges 4:15–22).

How Students Search & Remember General Sisera:

“canaanite general with 900 iron chariots”“killed by jael with a tent peg and hammer”“abandoned his chariot in the mud of the kishon river”

ESV Scripture Index:

Judges 4:2–22Judges 5:20–30

Season 13 • Episode 4 Main Character Judges 4–5

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