Lesson 9: Judge Deborah Fighting Bad Guys Since Before 1000 BCE

Question 1

Who was the king that ruled Israel before King Jabin?

Answer 1

Ehud

Question 2

Where did King Jabin of Canaan reign?

Answer 2

Hazor

Question 3

Who was the commander of King Jabin?

Answer 3

Sisera

Question 4

Where was Sisera from?

Answer 4

Harosheth Ha-goiim

Question 5

How many years did King Jabin oppress the Israelites?

Answer 5

20 years

Question 6

What was the specialty of Sisera’s army?

Answer 6

He had 900 chariots made of iron.

Question 7

How many times is the 900 chariots of iron mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 7

Six times

Question 8

Who was the husband of judge Deborah?

Answer 8

Lappidoth

Question 9

The only woman judge mentioned in the Bible

Answer 9

Deborah

Question 10

Deborah used to sit under a ____ to judge which was situated between ______ and ______ in the hill country of ______.

Answer 10

Deborah used to sit under a palm tree to judge which was situated between Rama and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim.

Question 11

Name the father of Barak

Answer 11

Abinoam

Question 12

What is the native place of Barak and Abinoam?

Answer 12

Kedesh in Naphtali

Question 13

Where and how did Deborah do her judgment or where was her courtroom?

Answer 13

Deborah settled disputes and spoke wisely to the people under a palm tree located between Ramah and Bethel in Ephraim highlands.

Question 14

What did Judge Deborah command Barak to do or what was God’s command to Barak through judge Deborah?

Answer 14

“The Lord, God of Israel, commands you, ‘Go, take position at Mount Tabor, bringing ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe Zebulum. I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to meet you by the Wadi Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand.’

Question 15

The 10,000 men in Barak’s army were taking from which places

Answer 15

Zebulon and Naphtali

Question 16

What was the place God told Deborah that say Sisera’s army would meet Barak?

Answer 16

Wadi Kishon

Question 17

What was Barak’s reply to Deborah when she asked him to fight against the Sisera?

Answer 17

“if you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

Question 18

Deborah agreed to go with Barak but what was her warning to Barak?

Answer 18

She warned him that she would surely go with him, but the road on which they were going would not lead to their glory, because the Lord would sell to Sisera into the hands of a woman.
Deborah was a judge and a prophetess. She could foresee the end of the Sisera by the hands of a woman called Jael.

Question 19

How did Jael save Israel?

Answer 19

Sisera ran barefoot from his chariot when Barak’s army defeated his men. He went in the tent of Jael, who was the wife of Heber who was a friend of King Jabin and asked for water. She pretended to help him and while he was sleeping she ran a tent pole through his temple and pinned him to the ground. He died in that tent.

Question 20

Name the place where the fight took place between Barak and Sisera?

Answer 20

Mount Tabor

Question 21

How many warriors did Barak bring to fight against to Sisera?

Answer 21

10 thousand

Question 22

Explain what happened when Barak and 10,000 warriors charged down from Mount Tabor?

Answer 22

• Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 warriors following him. God was going ahead of them.
• the Lord through Sisera and all his chariots and all his army into a panic before Barak.
• Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.
  Barack proceed the chariots and the army to Haro-sheth-ha-goiim
• all the army of Sisera fell by the sword; no one was left.

Question 23

What are the three main qualities of Deborah that led to her victory as a leader?

Answer 23

1. Faith/trust
2. Obedience
3. Honor

Question 24

Why was Barak not given the opportunity to kill Sisera and given glory and honor by God?

Answer 24

Because of Barak’s lack of trust, he was not given the opportunity to defeat to Sarah with his own two hands; instead the victory went to Deborah.

Question 25

Deborah’s obedience and her actions earned __ more peaceful years for Israel.

Answer 25

Deborah’s obedience and her actions earned 40 more peaceful years for Israel.

Question 26

The Lord gave the Israelites over to King ____ of _____ who reigned in ____.

Answer 26

The Lord gave the Israelites over to King Jabin of Canaan who reigned in Hazor.

Question 27

Sisera had ___ ___chariots and oppressed Israelites cruelly for ___ years.

Answer 27

Sisera had 900 iron chariots and oppressed Israelites cruelly for 20 years.

Question 28

How did God help Barak and the Israelites defeat Sisera and his army?

Answer 28

• God gave the message through Judge Deborah that Barack should gather 10,000 men from the tribe of Zebulon and the tribe of Naphtali to make an army and meet to Sisera, the commander of King Jabin, at Wadi Kishon.
• God gave Barack a promise that he will give Sisera into Barak’s hands, the army of 10,000 men were behind Barak and God went in front and they marched down from Mount Tabor towards to Sisera’s army.