Judges 5:1-18 After the victory, Deborah and Barak sang a song. It begins with the praise: “When the people willingly offer themselves—praise the Lord!” When God marched forth, the earth quaked, the heavens poured rain, and the seemingly invincible enemy cavalry was swept away by the Kishon River. This victory was not a triumph of […]
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Judges 4:11-24 Sisera’s army, with nine hundred iron chariots, seemed invincible, but they crumbled instantly when God moved. Sisera, the commander fleeing for his life, arrived at the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. When Barak hesitated and missed his glory, God had already prepared an ordinary woman named Jael. She comforted
“Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go. Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a
“But Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.” (Judges 3:26) Ehud’s footsteps were driven by sheer desperation. Having just struck down the oppressor Eglon, he found himself in a precarious, life-or-death crisis with the shadow of a lethal pursuit looming close behind. The place he reached
“While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah(Judg. 3:26)” After executing the king of Moab, Ehud escaped past the stone idols and reached Seirah. There, he blew the trumpet to awaken Israel and led them to victory. Similarly, Shamgar defeated 600 Philistines using nothing but a simple
“The Spirit of the Lord came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died(Judg. 3:10-11).” God left several nations in Canaan to
