LASUED INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CLASS

SSS2C

SUBJECT

CRS

TOPIC

HOW DEBORAH LED HER PEOPLE TO VICTORY (JUDGES 4 :1-24)

NAMES

OMOSAYE KEHINDE

EDWARD FAVOUR

STEPHEN SUCCESS

TEACHER IN CHARGE
MR. OKERE SAMUEL
How did Deborah lead her people to victory Judges 4: 1 - 24

The death of Joshua and the leaders who outlived him and who knew
what God had done for Israel paved the way for the period of apostle,
worship of other gods, by the Israelites. This was an evil in the sight of
God, whose their neighbouring nation to punish them- God
subsequently rescued them through charismatic leaders appointed
by Him, for the purpose of delivering them, when they cried to Him,
and showed signs of repentance.

Deborah was among the leaders of Israel during the period. Deborah,
who was a prophetess and a judge in Israel, was the wife of Lappidoth.

After the death of Ehud, the People of Israel and what was evil in the
sight of God, and God gave them into the hands of Canaanites whose
king was Jabin. He oppressed the Israelites for twenty years with his
nine hundred chariots of iron. Jabin's army commander was Sierra,
who lived in Haroshethagoiim.

Following the oppression of the Israelites by Jabin, the people of Israel

cried to the Lord and Deborah sent for Barak, who was from the tribe
of Neptali. She instructed him to to gather ten thousand men from
the tribe of Naptali and ZUbulun at mount. Labou, and to engage
Sisera and his army in war at River Kison. She assured Barak of
victory as revealed by God.

Barak was reluntant to carry out such deadly mission, and accepted
to go only if Deborah would join him and his men in the battle field.
Deborah accepted to join him, revealed to him that the glory that
would have been his own, would go to a woman. Following Deborah's
acceptance to accompany.

Barak and his army, Barak accepted to go to war, and thus marched
his men against Sisera and his army at River Kishon the Canaanites
were defeated and Sisera jumped into the tent of Jael, the wife of
Heber, because a cordial relationship existed between the house of
Heber and Jabin the King Jael asked Sisera to come into her tent,
promising him adequate security she accepted never to reveal his
presence to anyone who might seek it from her.

Sisera and of tiredness, requested for water, but Jael offered him milk
and covered him with a rug. As he lay asleep with weariness, Jael took
a tent peg and a hammer and drove the peg into his temple, and
Sisera died, marking the fulfilment of Deborah's prophecy that the
glory would go to a woman instead of Barak.

As Barak continued in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to meet him

and invited him into her tent where he saw Jabin dead with the tent
peg still on his temple. This victory brought the oppression of the
Israelite by the Canaanites to an end. (Ps 18:47) "It is God that
Avengeth me and subdueth the people under me".