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Deborah or (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Stanard  Tiberian Dəḇôrāh ; "Bee") was a prophetess and the fourth Judge and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament (Tanakh). Her story is told twice in chapters 4 and 5 of Judges. The first account is prose, relating the victory of Israelite forces led by General Barak, whom Deborah called forth but prophesied would not achieve the final victory over the Canaanite general Sisera himself. That honor went to Jael, the wife of Heber, a Kenite tentmaker. Jael killed Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple as he slept.

Trivia about deborah

  • It is believed that the Bible's oldest text is "The Song Of" this prophetess & judge
  • The song of this woman, who led the tribes of Israel to defeat King Jabin, is found in the book of Judges
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  • You'll find her exploits extolled in the Bible's book of Judges
  • Judges 4 & 5 tell us that this woman was the chief preacher, evangelist & leader of Israel for 40 years
  • This judge's general, Barak, refused to battle the Canaanites unless she accompanied him
  • Not to judge, but the buzz is that her name comes from the Hebrew for "bee"
  • Her story is told twice in Judges, in prose & in song
  • The story of this woman, the only female to judge Israel, is told twice in Judges
  • This female judge won an important battle against the Canaanites by luring them into marshland
  • In the Book of Judges, she's the only female judge mentioned by name

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