Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death In the high places of the field. Judges 5:18 KJV The problem of followership is a crucial matter in leadership. It was not peculiar to Deborah. In December, 2007, Barbara Kellerman explored the problem in Harvard Business Review. It insists that followers […]
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Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy people; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Even Issachar, and also Barak: He was sent on foot into the […]
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the LORD For the avenging of Israel, When the people willingly offered themselves.Judges 5:1-2 KJV Lets begin this vignette with the words of Eric Patterson. ”The Song of Deborah relates far more than just the death of General Sisera. It is […]
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? And I will draw unto […]
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Judges 4:4-5 KJV I was in a journey the whole of yesterday. I didn’t […]
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. Judges 3:31 KJV The Overlooked hero is a children story book about a young girl who tried to understand the fathers decision to join the army. A reviewer says […]
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it […]
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves…. And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, […]
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. Judges 3:5-6 KJV The last time we talked about the mixed multitude was in Exodus 12:38. After […]
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: that through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. Judges 2:21-22 KJV Its so significant that our […]