Sisera
Americannoun
noun
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Why, for instance, is poached trout called Trout Sisera?
From Time Magazine Archive
A classic example of tactical guile was offered by the Prophetess Deborah in her battle with the Canaanite general, Sisera.
From Time Magazine Archive
They showed him Moses' rod; the hammer and nail with which Jael slew Sisera; the pitcher, trumpets and lamps, too, with which Gideon put to flight the armies of Midian.
From Comfort Found in Good Old Books by Fitch, George Hamlin
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Kadesh, for example, might be a natural meeting-place for an attack upon Hazor, and the designation “Jabin’s general,” applied to Sisera, is probably due to the attempt to harmonize the two distinct stories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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