Judg 4:3 | NETfull | STEP | The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord , because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 4:3

3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ^{▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ^{▼▼ 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.} and he cruelly ^{▼▼ Heb “with strength.”} oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.