Sisera

Sisera was the military commander of Jabin king of Canaan, who oppressed Israel for twenty years (Judges 4:1–3). His army of nine hundred iron chariots gave Hazor formidable military superiority over the Israelite hill-country tribes. When Deborah the prophetess directed Barak to lead ten thousand men against Sisera from Mount Tabor, the LORD threw the Canaanite army into panic at the Kishon River — probably through a sudden storm that flooded the plain and rendered the chariots useless (Judges 4:15; 5:20–21). Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

He sought refuge in the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, whose clan was at peace with Hazor. Jael welcomed him, gave him milk, covered him, and when he had fallen asleep drove a tent peg through his temple — fulfilling Deborah's prophecy that the glory of the victory would go to a woman (Judges 4:9, 21). The Song of Deborah (Judges 5) commemorates the victory and ends with a poignant ironic portrait of Sisera's mother waiting in vain for her son to return with plunder.