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
6 She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, 4:6 Ex 5:1; Dt 6:4; Ps 41:13 commanded you, ‘Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, 4:6 Jos 19:12,22,34; Ps 89:12 and take with you ten thousand men from the Naphtalites 4:6 Gn 30:8; 49:21 and Zebulunites? 4:6 Gn 30:20; 49:137 Then I will lure Sisera commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his infantry at the Wadi Kishon 4:7 Jdg 5:21; 1Kg 18:40; Ps 83:9 to fight against you, and I will hand him over to you.’ " 4:7 Dt 2:30; Jdg 7:9; 2Sm 5:19; 1Ch 14:10; Is 47:6
8 Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, I will go. But if you will not go with me, I will not go."
9 "I will gladly go with you," she said, "but you will receive no honor on the road you are about to take, because the Lord will sell Sisera to a woman." So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.