Arizona republican., 1920-04-11
FOR APRIL il. 1920

lesson Subject-"Deborah and Barak Deliver Israeli
 Lesson Text-Judges 4:4-5:31.
 golden Text-"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trou- nia@-PE 46:1.
 Lesson Material
 s Now Deborah, a prophecies, the vile of Lappidoth. she judged Israel at th3 time. ,. And she dweit under the pam tree of Deborah between Ramah ana Bethel in the hill country of Eph- ram- and the children of Israel came up3to her for judgment. 6. And she seut and called Barak the son of Abi- noasn out of Kedesh-naphtaIi. and said untp him. Hath not Jehovah, the God of israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto Mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children or Naphtan and of the children of ZeDulun? [. And I will draw unto thee, 10 the river kishon, Sisera, the captain or eJa Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand. 8. And Barak said unto her. if thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, l will not go. g. I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding. the journey that lhou takest shall not be for thine hon. or; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand Of woman And Deborah arose,
  And Barak called Zebulun and Naph- tall together to Kedish; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went with him. H. Now Heber the Kenite had separated him. self from the Kenites, ever from the children of Hobab the brother-i in law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim which is byN Kedesh. 12. And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to Mount Tabor. 13. And Sisera gathered together all his char iots, even nine hundred chariotS of iron and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon. If. And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not Jehovah gone out before thee2
 So Barak went out from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him 15.s And Jehovah discomfited Sisera and all his chariots, and all his hosts with the edge of the sword before I3arak; and Sisera alighted from his and fled away on his feet But Garak pursued after the chariots and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fen by the edge of the sword, there was not a man left.
 @ Lesson Explained
 l. Deborah's Challenge to Barak- Now, Deborah a prophecies, the wife of +sLappidoth, judged Israel at that time. The word Deborah means Bee, ] Henry says she answered to her name by her industry, sagacity. l and great usefulness to the public, her 1 sweetness to her friends and her sharp | ness to her enemies. She sat under 1 the palm tree as judge, probably not so often to settle disputes between men as | dacIarz what the ind rf | God in national affairs.
 Barak was not brave enough to stand | alone. If thou wilt go with me, then | [ will go. Deborah promised to go with | him but warned him that the honor of | the days victory would not be his: | For Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman" Sisera was killed | by Jael, a woman, but Deborah's words | seem rather to apply to herself; she, | not Barak, would be given the honor of | the victory
 Deborah went to Dedesh where Ba- | rak summoned ten thousand to follow | him, and then the two led them up to | Mount Tabor, whose flat summit or | whose sloping side was an excellent | camping ground, whence they could ob. | serve the movement of the enemy and | charge down upon them in the plains below
 2. Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera | When Sisera learned that Barak was | gone up to Mount Tabor he gathered | all his chariots and all his people and | went to the River Kishon. Up, said | Deborah to Barak, for this is the day in which Jehovah hath delivered Sisera i nto thy hand. Josephus says that