4 Deborah, a prophetess 4:4 Ex 15:20; 2Kg 22:14; Neh 6:14; Is 8:3 and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to settle disputes. 4:5 Nm 35:12; 2Ch 19:8; Ps 9:4; 76:8–9; Is 3:13–14; Ezk 44:24