Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
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Interpretation
Sisera's chariots had been his pride and his confidence. Thus are those disappointed who rest on the creature; like a broken reed, it not only breaks under them, but pierces them with many sorrows.
Glossary
- Hazor Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Hazor.
- Jabin Person
- Discerner; the wise. (1. ) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan.
- Sisera Person
- (Egypt. Ses-Ra, “servant of Ra”). (1. ) The captain of Jabin’s army ( Judg. 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon.
- Heber Person
- Passing over. (1. ) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher ( Gen. 46:17 ; 1 Chr. 7:31 , 32). (2. ) The Kenite ( Judg. 4:11 , 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera.
- Jael Person
- Mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite ( Judg. 4:17-22 ).