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What the Bible Says About Sisera

Overview

The Bible addresses sisera across 17 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Judges, 1 Samuel and Ezra. Closely related themes include Chiding, Levites, Nethinim and Armies. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Sisera, Jael, Jabin and Jesus.

Key Bible verses about sisera

Old Testament

Judges

Judges 5:20

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. courses: Heb. paths

Judges 5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

Judges 5:22

Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings

Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Judges 5:24

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

Judges 5:25

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

Judges 5:26

She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. with: Heb. she hammered

Judges 5:27

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. At: Heb. Between dead: Heb. destroyed

Judges 5:28

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

Judges 5:29

Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, answer: Heb. her words

Judges 5:30

Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? every: Heb. the head of a man

Judges 5:31

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

People in the Bible and sisera

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying sisera for yourself

  • Begin with Judges 5:20, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Judges, 1 Samuel and Ezra each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Sisera, Jael and Jabin and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Chiding, Levites, Nethinim and Armies.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about sisera?

The Bible addresses sisera across 17 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Judges, 1 Samuel and Ezra. Closely related themes include Chiding, Levites, Nethinim and Armies. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Sisera, Jael, Jabin and Jesus.

How many Bible verses are about sisera?

The Bible references sisera in 17 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention sisera?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Judges 5:20: “They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. courses: Heb. paths”

Which people in the Bible are associated with sisera?

Sisera, Jael, Jabin and Jesus.

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