Deborah
Also known as: Deborah the Prophetess
Judge · Prophetess and Judge
Key Events
- 1Only female judge of Israel
- 2Held court under a palm tree
- 3Commanded Barak to fight Sisera
- 4Prophesied victory would go to a woman
- 5Co-authored the Song of Deborah (Judges 5)
What Scripture Says (10 verses)
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis · Chapter 35
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Judges · Chapter 4
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Judges · Chapter 4
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges · Chapter 4
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges · Chapter 4
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judges · Chapter 4
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Judges · Chapter 5
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Judges · Chapter 5
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Judges · Chapter 5
Church Tradition
Death
Not recorded
Details
- Verses
- 10
- Category
- judge
Appears In
Key Verses
Judges 4:4-5
Judges 4:9
Judges 4:14
Judges 5:1-3
Judges 5:7