The judge Deborah agrees with the Israelite general Barak’s condition that he will lead the army in defense against the Canaanite attack only if she joins with him, but the Bible does not reveal ...

By dismissing Deborah as a mere sidekick to Barak, the Mormon Gospel Doctrine manual refuses to see her in the way the Bible describes: as a prophet and a judge.

As we are told in Sefer Shoftim — the Book of Judges Deborah called upon Barak to go to war against the enemy, the oppression of which became unbearable.

Then, troops Deborah had hidden in the hills at Ephraim, across the valley, roared out to flank the Canaan army. The attack “discomfited” the Canaanites, says the Bible.

Read Bible Passages JUDGES 4-5.And Deborah appeared. Deborah was a Mother and Judge of Israel. She "held court" under a palm tree and settled disputes between people. She advised Barak (the ...

In the Old Testament’s Book of Judges, two women—Deborah and Jael—help defeat the Canaanite general Sisera. Now, archaeologists in Israel’s Lower Galilee have unearthed 1,600-year-old ...