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A prophetess and a reluctant general lead Israel to victory — but a woman gets the final blow.
Deborah, a prophet and judge, tells Barak that God commands him to fight Sisera's army. Barak agrees but only if Deborah goes with him. She does, but tells him the glory will go to a woman. Israel wins the battle, and Sisera flees on foot to the tent of Jael, who kills him with a tent peg while he sleeps. Deborah and Barak celebrate with one of the oldest victory songs in Scripture.
Israel is crushed under twenty years of oppression by a king with nine hundred iron chariots. God's answer comes through a prophetess under a palm tree, a general who won't march without her, and a woman with a tent peg who finishes what an entire army couldn't.
JudgesThe Song That Named NamesAfter a stunning military upset, Deborah and Barak sing one of the oldest poems in the Bible. It's part worship anthem, part public roll call of who showed up and who didn't — and the final scene is unforgettable.
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