1. Judges 4:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the reference to Sisera stand for?

Judges 4:14 (ESV)

14 And Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.

It may sound as though Sisera will be given into Barak’s hands in spite of the limitation that Deborah earlier announced in Judges 4:9. But the reference to Sisera is a metonym, where Sisera stands for his chariots and troops.