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Sisera

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Sisera [ˈsɪsərə]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a defeated leader of the Canaanites, who was assassinated by Jael (Judges 4:17-21)
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Barak won the fight, and while he was making the victory complete by the usual method of exterminating the remnant of the defeated host, Sisera fled away on foot, and when he was nearly exhausted by fatigue and thirst, one Jael, a woman he seems to have been acquainted with, invited him to come into her tent and rest himself.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Three nails driven into the head commemorated as many crises in Maggie's nine years of earthly struggle; that luxury of vengeance having been suggested to her by the picture of Jael destroying Sisera in the old Bible.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
When I looked at him that night, deep in his drunken sleep, I thought of Jael and Sisera (see the book of Judges; chapter 4th; verses 17 to 21).
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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