Sisera

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Captain of a Canaanite army, defeated by Barak; killed by JaelJudges 4Judges 5:20–311 Samuel 12:9Psalms 83:9
• 2. One of the NethinimEzra 2:53Nehemiah 7:55

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Judges 4:1

   After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Judges 4:11 voice

   “When Ehud was dead - Why not when Shamgar was dead? Does this not intimate that Shamgar was not reckoned in the number of the judges?

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2. Judges 5:20–31

   From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

   ›Commentary on Judges 5:20–312 voices

   “They fought from heaven - The angels of God came to the assistance of Israel: and the stars in their orbits fought against Sisera; probably some thunder storm, or great inundation from the river Kishon, took place at that time, which in poetic language was attributed to the stars.

   “The Chaldee reads it, from heaven, from the place where the stars go forth, war was waged against Sisera, that is, the power of the God of heaven was engaged against him, making use of the ministration of the angels of heaven.

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3. 1 Samuel 12:9

   But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 12:91 voice

   “According to the present arrangement of the Book of Judges, and the common chronology, the oppression of Sisera must have occurred about 200 years after the entrance into Canaan. But Samuel here places it as the first great servitude, before that under Eglon king of Moab, or that from which Shamgar delivered them. And this is in accordance with the internal evidence of the Book of Judges itself. It is also the order of Jdg 10:11, except that there the Ammonites Jdg 3:13 are placed before the Philistines.

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4. Ezra 2:53

   the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

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5. Nehemiah 7:55

   the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 7:551 voice

   “Or perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245.

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6. Psalms 83:9

   Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

   ›Commentary on Psalms 83:92 voices

   “Do unto them as unto the Midianites. Faith delights to light upon precedents, and quote them before the Lord; in the present instance, Asaph found a very appropriate one, for the nations in both cases were very much the same, and the plight of the Israelites very similar. Yet Midian perished, and the psalmist trusted that Israel's present foes would meet with the like overthrow from the hand of the Lord. As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison.

   “Since, therefore, they came against your people, let us see what the psalmist imprecates upon them. Do to them as to Midian and Sisera. You have read the book of Judges: this is that Midian whom Gideon assailed. And Sisera, and Jabin. Jabin and Sisera are those whom Deborah and Barak assailed. At the torrent of Kishon, they perished at Endor. Deborah and Barak slew Sisera, the commander of the army. Therefore what he says, see what it means.

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