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Genesis 21:8-21

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David E. Leininger

... particularly focused on the news from Camp David. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat have been in the midst of peace talks. As the talks opened, Barak and Arafat engaged in a mock pushing match for the cameras as they entered the main cabin. Arafat, perhaps because he has been hunted as a terrorist for most of his life, likes to be the last into a room. Barak insisted the Palestinian go first. Arafat refused. So Barak, with a big grin, shoved him toward the narrow door ...

2. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Psalm 123:1-4

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... enemy. The story of Deborah in Judges 4-5 is the third such episode in the book (see the first two stories of Othniel and Ehud in (Judges 2). Structure. The story of Deborah occurs in two forms. There is a narrative account in Judges 4 and a poetic account in ... the story: King Jabin of Canaan (v. 2), his commander Sisera (v. 2), the prophetess and judge Deborah (vv. 4-5), the commander Barak (v. 6), and the Kenites (v. 11) who are important because Jael, the wife of the Kenite Heber, is going to kill Sisera. ...

3. Deborah and Barak

Judges 4:1-24

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Gary M. Burge

... his acceptance conditional on Deborah’s willingness to go with him. Given the Lord’s clear promise of victory (4:7), Barak’s response seems to betray a lack of faith. This is especially so since, in the Ehud narrative, the similar prospect of the Lord giving the enemy into Israel’s hands (3:28) is sufficient to prompt immediate participation from the people. No wonder, then, that Barak’s response is met with the Lord’s disapproval, such that the honor of capturing and killing Sisera will now go ...

4. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

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Robert S. Crilley

... a somewhat understated, almost casual, matter-of-fact fashion: "The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died. So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the commander of the army ... by the Wadi Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand' " (Judges 4:6b-7). At first, Barak can scarcely believe what he's hearing. As a matter of fact, Deborah's voice is filled with such startling confidence that he begins ...

5. Jonathan’s Faith Ignites a Victory

1 Sam 13:16–14:23

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... his certainty of victory because of his faith in God’s power. It also echoes the battle cry of Ehud (Judg. 3:28), as well as Deborah’s assuring word to Barak (Judg. 4:14) and Gideon’s charge to his troops once he received assurance of victory (Judg. 7:15 ... people by miraculously drowning Pharaoh’s charging charioteers in the surging water. It is particularly prominent in Judges. Ehud ignited a war of liberation by assassinating the oppressive Moabite king Eglon in the royal palace while the ...

6. Zebah and Zalmunna

Judges 8:1-21

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... of the army as “unsuspecting” foreshadows the story of the Danites’ brutal attack of Laish (18:27); the reference to swordsmen points both backward to Ehud (3:22) and forward to Abimelech (9:54; cf. 8:20). The reference to Abimelech is the more important, as several other foreshadowing words tie the ... an eye, a tooth for a tooth” justice. The reference to Mount Tabor reminds us of Deborah and Barak; and the appositional phrase “the sons of my own mother” points ahead to Abimelech (9:1–3).

7. David’s Faith Ignites a Victory

1 Samuel 17:1-58

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... confronted and defeated the gigantic Anakites, who had paralyzed Israel with fear (Num. 13:26–33; Josh. 11:21–22; 14:12–15; 15:13–14; Judg. 1:10, 20). Following the paradigmatic judges Othniel and Ehud, there was a visible decline in the quality of Israelite leadership. Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson were plagued by weak faith and deficient wisdom. The situation took a turn for the better as Samuel assumed leadership. When David steps forward to face the Philistine giant (who may have ...

8. The Song of Deborah

Judges 5:1-31

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Gary M. Burge

... , while four and a half tribes—Reuben, Gad and the eastern half of Manasseh, Dan, and Asher—did not. When this is compared to the support Ehud received from all Israel (3:27), one can discern the beginning of a deteriorating trend. Subsequent judges will receive even less support from the people as they ... by her action, Jael has proven herself to be among those who love the Lord. The entire narrative about Barak and Deborah then concludes with the note that the land rested for forty years (5:31).

9. Jephthah

Jud 10:6–11:40

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Gary M. Burge

... justifiably presented as national. This time, not only is Israel’s crying out to the Lord reported, but their confession that accompanies their crying out is also quoted (10:10). But instead of immediately providing a deliverer as he did in the Othniel, Ehud, and Barak cycles, the Lord, for the second time, responds with a rebuke. It even comes directly from him rather than through a prophet, as in the Gideon cycle. To make matters worse, the Lord initially refuses to save his people, telling them instead ...

10. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

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Lori Wagner

... The shafat would govern the tribes, but the word actually means to “save” to “restore life to” to “vindicate.” For more on the “judges” such as Othniel, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samuel, Eli, Shagmar, Abimelech, Tola, Yair, Ibzan, Elan, Addon, Barak, Ehud, and Samson, who were known as deliverers (shophet), restorers of the right, but who became correct in the end, see www.earlyjewishwritings.com and the Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia, 1998. Moses was seen as the first true “judge,” even ...

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