Sisera was commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor, who is mentioned in Judges 4–5 of the Hebrew Bible. After being defeated by the forces of the Israelite tribes of Zebulun and Naphtal
Yael Killing Sisera, by Lambert Lombard, 1530–1535
Jael and Sisera by James Northcote, 1787
Jael Smote Sisera, and Slew Him, by James Tissot in the collection of the Jewish Museum (New York)
The Sherden is one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd
The Sherden in battle as depicted at Medinet Habu
Members of Ramesses II's Sherden personal guard in a relief in Abu Simbel
A rendering of two guards from the relief above, in a 19th-century drawing; their equipment is clearly visible.
Theorized Sea Peoples migrations from the East