The Mother's Shield
Deborah rallies Barak and Jael drives the tent peg that shatters 900 iron chariots.
Main Characters in S13E4 (4)
Deborah
The prophetess and judge who held court under the Palm of Deborah, arose as 'a mother in Israel' against twenty years of Canaanite oppression, marched up Mount Tabor beside General Barak, and declared the exact moment the LORD went out before Israel.
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Barak
General of Israel from Kedesh-naphtali who recognized he needed Deborah's prophetic presence beside him, led 10,000 foot soldiers down Mount Tabor at her word, and routed Sisera's mud-locked chariot army.
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General Sisera
The ruthless Canaanite commander who oppressed Israel harshly for twenty years with 900 iron chariots — until God's cloudburst bogged his wheels in the Kishon River and Jael's tent peg ended his tyranny.
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Jael
The fearless Kenite woman who welcomed the fleeing Canaanite general Sisera into her tent, gave him warm milk in a lordly bowl, and used the everyday tools in her hands — a tent peg and a workman's mallet — to crush the enemy's head.
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