The Bible is clear that Deborah is not Barak’s sidekick, but his boss. But the LDS manual transforms her into a role that is more familiar and comfortable for people unaccustomed to female ...

Sisera, says chapter four of the Bible’s Book of Judges, had “mightily oppressed the children of Israel” for 20 years. Deborah drew up the battle plan, putting Barak and 10, 000 men on Mt ...

Deborah hired Barak and commissioned him to raise 10,000 men and engage the enemy forces of Sisera, but, unlike other judges, she was never a military commander or warrior herself, Block insists.

Regarding his calling as a military commander, Barak’s demand of Deborah’s presence on the battlefield most likely results from his youth and inexperience at war. Barak is depicted as a young, heroic ...