Hakim-hakim 4:2-3

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ¹  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ²  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ³  4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ⁴  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ⁵  and he cruelly ⁶  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

[4:2]  ² tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[4:2]  ³ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “with strength.”