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Barak and Deborah
How Barak and Deborah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Barak and Deborah stood together.
Deborah the prophetess called Barak to lead Israel against Sisera. He would not go unless she went with him. She went, and after the victory the two of them sang together.
If thou wilt go with me, then I will go
Judges 4:8, King James Version
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day
Judges 5:1, King James Version
Where they cross: Judges 4:6-10
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Judges 4:6-10
6And 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?
7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
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.
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 5:1
1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
King James Version