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Deborah or (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Standard Tiberian Dəḇôrāh ; "Bee") was a prophetess and the fourth, and the 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. Judges 5 gives this same story in poetic form. This passage, often called The Song of Deborah may date to as early as the 8th century BCE, which would make it one of the oldest passages of the Bible and the earliest extant sample of Hebrew poetry. It is also significant because it is one of the oldest passages that portrays fighting women. The poem may have been included in the Book of the Wars of the Lord mentioned in Numbers 21:14. 
Little is known about Deborah's personal life. In the Book of Judges, it was stated that she is the wife of Lappidoth (meaning "torches"). But since this name is not found outside of the Book of Judges, it might simply mean that Deborah herself was a "fiery" spirit. She was a poet and she rendered her judgments beneath a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the land of Benjamin. Some people today refer to her as the mother of Israel because of what Deborah said of herself in Judges 5:7, "until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel," After the victory, (due to Jael killing Sisera), then the land blessed Jael above the women and the land had rest 40 years. (Judge 5:31) People give Deborah credit for the victory, yet it was due to the Lord in Judges 4:15 for waking Sisera and he fled. The men of Sisera fell upon the sword (suicide). Sisera sought safety in the tent of Jael and she was the one who killed him. Deborah and Barak took the credit for what God led and allowed in the first place. After Deborah led Barak to pursue Sisera, the people remained evil in their ways ignoring God as their true leader and King.(Judges 6:1) Deborah sang of herself being the mother of Israel in chapter 5: 7 and in chapter 6:1 the Bible gives account of the results of her leadership, “And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Midian seven years.” It was then that God sent Gideon to victory for the people and then the people had 40 years of peace. God sent Gideon to lead the people and after his victory, Gideon said to them, in 8: 23,”And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: The Lord shall rule over you.” verse 28 says that then there were 40 years of quietness for the people. Then after Gideon died the people of Israel went back to whoring after other gods again. [edit] See also
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