And the Lord
(Yahweh) delivered them into the hand of
Jabin, king of Canaan, who reigned in
Chatsor [in Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee]. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Charoshet-Hagojim
("the forest land of the Gentiles").
[The name Sisera is not found in the Middle East, which means that it may originate from the city of Sassari in Sardinia. He may have been part of the seafaring people who came from the Greek islands (). In terms of meaning, the name is composed of horse (Hebr. sus) and to see (Hebr. raa), which gives the meaning of someone who is fast and sees.
Charoshet means "forest land" and ha-gojim is "the Gentiles." The compound name Charoshet-Hagojim may be a city or the area that was under Sisera's control. No archaeological finds have yet been made that link any place to this name. This may indicate that the name refers to a forest area, probably around the Carmel mountain range in the western Jezreel Valley. The Kishon stream, which flows through the Jezreel Valley and empties into present-day Haifa, is mentioned in connection with the name, see .]
