Deborah is a Judge (Discussion Questions)

Read Judges 4-5

• Who was the brave woman who lived near Shiloh? [Deborah]
• Did God speak to Deborah directly? [yes]
• What did Jabin, the king of Canaan, do? [made life miserable for the Israelites]
• Who was the cruel commander of the Canaanite army? [Sisera]
• For how many years did the Israelites suffer under Jabin? [20 years]
• Who came to the rescue? [Deborah]
• Who was Barak? [a brave soldier]
• What did Deborah tell Barak to do? [take ten thousand men and head to Mt. Tabor, Sisera will come after you, but God will give you the victory]
• What did Barak ask Deborah to do? [go with him]
• Deborah predicted that a woman would get credit for this battle – who was it? [Jael]