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The Trees of The Bible

Judges 4

The Palm Tree and The Tent Peg

New International Version (NIV)

Deborah

4 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help.

4 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. 6 She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. 7 I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”

8 Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.”

9 “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 woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 There Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men went up under his command. Deborah also went up with him.

11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law,[b] and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.

14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. 15 At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

16 Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all Sisera’s troops fell by the sword; not a man was left. 17 Sisera, meanwhile, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was an alliance between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.

18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

19 “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.

20 “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone in there?’ say ‘No.’”

21 But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.

22 Just then Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple—dead.

23 On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. 24 And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

Footnotes:

a. Judges 4:4 Traditionally judging

b. Judges 4:11 Or father-in-law

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Our Father in Heaven,
We Praise Your Holy Name!
You Alone Are Worthy of Worship,
For You Alone Are The One True God.
Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent,
Teach us To Be Courageous,
And Teach Us To Take Whatever Actions We Must Take To Be In Your Will!

We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.


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The period of the Judges was a dark Time in Ancient Israel. People "Did What Was Right In Their Own Eyes", and paid no attention to the Law.

Deborah was a Judge during this time and served righteously. She dispensed her wisdom daily, sitting beneath a Palm Tree. The Palm is often used as a decoration on government buildings.

The next piece of wood mentioned in this chapter is the "Tent Peg". This is a very symbolic item which shows up later in Scripture as an analogy for the Messiah. In this instance, the Tent Peg, which is wielded by a Woman, saves Israel from her enemies.

The Tent Peg also symbolizes Stability, Shelter, and something which, like a Keystone or Cornerstone, holds everything together.

One of my students had this Passage for his reading at his Bar Mitzvah. I asked him what he thought of Yaelle nailing her enemy's head to the floor! He thought it was weird, but very cool!:-)

Come and Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


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I join in prayer for Israel, Jerusalem and all God’s beloved.

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Thank You, Alamo-Girl, For Your Prayers For The Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


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Praying with you for the Peace of Jerusalem, our FRiends in need and our beloved Nation.

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Thank You, blueyon, For Your Prayers For The Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


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Thank You, etabeta, For Your Prayers For The Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


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Thank You, DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis, For Your Prayers For The Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


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Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our families and friends, for our nation.

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Praise be to the Lord for using women in a mighty way!

Lifting up Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people for deliverance from the enemy of our souls.

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