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that, in good governance, there must be When Sisera was told that Barak, the
responsiveness to the needs of people. son of Abin′o-am, had gone up to Mount
When people were oppressed, Ehud Tabor, Sisera called out all his nine
responded by taking the risk to kill King hundred chariots of iron and all the men
Eglon. with him. Deborah said to Barak, “Up!
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For this is the day in which the Lord has
After Ehud’s death, the people again given Sisera into your hand. So, Barak
sinned against the Lord. The Lord gave went down from Mount Tabor with
them to Jabin, king of Canaan, and the ten thousand men following him. And

commander of his army was Sisera. The the Lord routed Sisera and all his
king had nine hundred chariots of iron chariots and all his army before Barak
and oppressed the people of Israel for at the edge of the sword; and Sisera
twenty years. When the people of Israel alighted from his chariot and fled away
cried to the Lord, He raised Deborah. on foot”.

Deborah Barak pursued the chariots and the army
Deborah is the next judge who presents to Harosheth-ha-goiim, and the entire
the idea of good governance according to army of Sisera fell by the edge of the
the book of Judges. She was assisted by sword; no man was left. However, Sisera
Barak (Judg. 4:1-5:31). She was against fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the

the oppression of the Canaanites (Judg. wife of Heber the Kenite. Jael came out
4:4-5). Deborah summoned Barak, to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn
the son of Abino-am from Kedesh in aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no
Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, fear.” Therefore, he turned aside to her
the God of Israel, commands you, ‘Go, into the tent, and she covered him with
gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking a rug. And he said to her, “Pray, give me
ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.”
and the tribe of Zebulon’. And I will
draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s Thus, she opened a skin of milk, gave

army, to meet you by the river Kishon him a drink, and covered him. Then he
with his chariots and his troops, and I said to her, “Stand at the door of the tent,
will give him into your hand.” But Barak and if any man comes and asks you, ‘Is

was hesitant. When Deborah promised anyone here?’ say, “No.” But Jael, the
to go with him to war, Barak summoned wife of Heber, took a tent peg, took a
ten thousand men and went up at his hammer in her hand, and went softly to
heels, and Deborah went up with him. him and drove the peg into his temple
till it went down into the ground, as he

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