Judges 5:28

5:28 Through the window she looked;

Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice:

‘Why is his chariot so slow to return?

Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses ¹  delayed?’

Judges 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ²  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ³  and he cruelly ⁴  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 4:13

4:13 he ⁵  ordered ⁶  all his chariotry – nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels – and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

Judges 1:19

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ⁷  the hill country, but they could not ⁸  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “chariots.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ 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 tn Heb “with strength.”

³ tn Heb “Sisera.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “summoned.”

⁴ tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

⁵ tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

⁶ 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.