Judges 4
Deborah is one of the more interesting women in the Bible, she totally outshines her husband (who gets one mention while Deborah gets 2 whole chapters), she is strong but unlike some of the more notorious women in the Bible she is on the side of God and good.
After Ehud had died, Israel fell back into their habit of ignoring God, who let a Canaanite king and his military commander Sisera, with the help of 900 chariots, Sisera was able to oppress Israel for 20 years until eventually Israel cried out to God for help (Not exactly quick learners, are they?).
Deborah was leading Israel at the at the time from a place in the hill country of Ephraim. She sent for Barak from the tribe of Naphtali and commanded him to take his army of 10000 foot soldiers and take a position on the top of mount Tabor. God would lead Sisera to a vulnerable position where Barak could attack.
It is interesting that Deborah summoned Barak and the army
Barak basically says that if Deborah will go with the army he will go, but otherwise he would rather not.
Deborah basically calls him a wimp and because of this a woman would deal with Sisera and he would not get the full credit for the victory.
A guy called Heber the Kenite (Distant ancestor of the Ken of "Ken and Barbie" fame?) passed work to Sisera that troops were moving.
Sisera and his army is routed by the army of Barak, and Israel chase them beyond their stronghold and wipes out the army to the last man (but one)
Sisera, like a military hero and leader or armies, manages to get away on foot when he comes across the tent of Heber the Kenite, or more precisely Jael, Heber's wife.
Jael invited Heber into the tent to hide.
Sisera asked for some water, Jael gave him milk to drink and hid him until he fell asleep.
Jael then used a mallet and tent peg to secure Sisera by driving a tent peg through his brain - I guess that solved his headache.
Shortly afterwards Barak comes along and Jael shows where she left Sisera still with a tent peg sticking from his head.
Judges 5
This chapter is a song of Deborah - she is quite scathing about the people in Israel who did not lift a finger to help, and indeed did not lift a finger until Deborah came along and took charge of matters.
Deborah is one of the more interesting women in the Bible, she totally outshines her husband (who gets one mention while Deborah gets 2 whole chapters), she is strong but unlike some of the more notorious women in the Bible she is on the side of God and good.
After Ehud had died, Israel fell back into their habit of ignoring God, who let a Canaanite king and his military commander Sisera, with the help of 900 chariots, Sisera was able to oppress Israel for 20 years until eventually Israel cried out to God for help (Not exactly quick learners, are they?).
Deborah was leading Israel at the at the time from a place in the hill country of Ephraim. She sent for Barak from the tribe of Naphtali and commanded him to take his army of 10000 foot soldiers and take a position on the top of mount Tabor. God would lead Sisera to a vulnerable position where Barak could attack.
It is interesting that Deborah summoned Barak and the army
Barak basically says that if Deborah will go with the army he will go, but otherwise he would rather not.
Deborah basically calls him a wimp and because of this a woman would deal with Sisera and he would not get the full credit for the victory.
A guy called Heber the Kenite (Distant ancestor of the Ken of "Ken and Barbie" fame?) passed work to Sisera that troops were moving.
Sisera and his army is routed by the army of Barak, and Israel chase them beyond their stronghold and wipes out the army to the last man (but one)
Sisera, like a military hero and leader or armies, manages to get away on foot when he comes across the tent of Heber the Kenite, or more precisely Jael, Heber's wife.
Jael invited Heber into the tent to hide.
Sisera asked for some water, Jael gave him milk to drink and hid him until he fell asleep.
Jael then used a mallet and tent peg to secure Sisera by driving a tent peg through his brain - I guess that solved his headache.
Shortly afterwards Barak comes along and Jael shows where she left Sisera still with a tent peg sticking from his head.
Judges 5
This chapter is a song of Deborah - she is quite scathing about the people in Israel who did not lift a finger to help, and indeed did not lift a finger until Deborah came along and took charge of matters.
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