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Deborah in the Bible.

A prophetess who judged Israel and sent Barak against Sisera. The King James Version names Deborah in 9 verses, from Judges 4:4 to Judges 5:15. The King James Version also gives the name Deborah to 1 other person, listed on this page.

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Deborah’s family.

Herself
Deborah
Husbands, and their children
Lapidothno children named

Her family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Deborah’s own words.

Deborah speaks in 34 verses of the King James Version, all in Judges.

She also passes on the LORD’s words in 2 verses.

Her first words in the Bible
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judges 4:6 ›

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Who Deborah was.

A prophetess, “wife” (woman?) of Lapidoth. Jabin, the king of Hazor, had for twenty years held Israel in degrading subjection. The spirit of patriotism seemed crushed out of the nation. In this emergency Deborah roused the people from their lethargy. Her fame spread far and wide. She became a “mother in Israel” (Judg. 4:6, 14; 5:7), and “the children of Israel came up to her for judgment” as she sat in her tent under the palm tree “between Ramah and Bethel.” Preparations were everywhere made by her direction for the great effort to throw off the yoke of bondage. She summoned Barak from Kadesh to take the command of 10,000 men of Zebulun and Naphtali, and lead them to Mount Tabor on the plain of Esdraelon at its north-east end. With his aid she organized this army. She gave the signal for attack, and the Hebrew host rushed down impetuously upon the army of Jabin, which was commanded by Sisera, and gained a great and decisive victory. The Canaanitish army almost wholly perished. That was a great and ever-memorable day in Israel. In Judg. 5 is given the grand triumphal ode, the “song of Deborah,” which she wrote in grateful commemoration of that great deliverance. (See LAPIDOTH, JABIN [2].)

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Deborah’s story.

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All 9 verses that name this Deborah.

Judges 9

  • Judges 4:4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
  • Judges 4:5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
  • Judges 4:9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
  • Judges 4:10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
  • Judges 4:14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
  • Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
  • Judges 5:7The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
  • Judges 5:12Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
  • Judges 5:15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

Other people called Deborah.

Deborah.

Named in 1 verse.

  • Genesis 35:8But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

Questions about Deborah.

Who was Deborah in the Bible?

A prophetess who judged Israel and sent Barak against Sisera. The King James Version names Deborah in 9 verses, from Judges 4:4 to Judges 5:15.

Who was Deborah’s husband?

Lapidoth.

Where does Deborah speak in the Bible?

In 34 verses of the King James Version, all in Judges. Her first words are in Judges 4:6.

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