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Removing the Canaanites from the world stage
- Judges 4–5 is unusual in that it chronicles a slice of biblical history first in narration and then in poetry (as does Joshua 10:13). Deborah’s war changed ancient history by removing the Canaanites from the world stage.
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4 days ago · Deborah’s War changed history. Any dreams Sisera had to use those 900 chariots to defeat Egypt and become a world power literally got stuck in the mud when the Lord sent rain (5:4, 21). Deborah’s War effectively took the Canaanites off the world stage.
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Deborah’s war changed ancient history by removing the Canaanites from the world stage. Thanks to Deborah’s faith and intelligence, and strategic assistance from Jael, the land enjoyed stability and peace for 40 years.
The Canaanites, led by King Jabin of Hazor, proved to be a stubborn foe with superior military technology, including iron chariots. Facing constant harassment from the Canaanites, the Israelites cried out to Yahweh their God to rescue them from this enemy (Judges 4:3). Enter Deborah.
May 11, 2015 · Deborah, the leader of the Israelites, urged ten thousand Israelites under the command of Barak to take advantage of their elevated position on Mount Tabor to defeat the forces of the Canaanite King Jabin of Hazor on the plain below.
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The Song of Deborah recorded in Judges 5 records a battle between Israelites and “the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo” (Jdg 5:19) in the period of the Judges, in the days when “there was no king in Israel”. Given the Israelites emerged around 1200 BCEand the monarchy began around 1000 BCE, if the event recorded in the Song “ha...
It has long been thought that the Song of Deborah, preserved in Judges 5:1-31, is truly ancient, dating back to Iron Age I – the earliest Israelite period. For example, more than a century ago, back in 1910, George F. Moore wrote that, This is view of Judges 5has survived the test of time. For example, in the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Boling wri...
One final thing on dating before we go on. As has been mentioned previously in this series, Egypt dominated Canaan until the mid-late 12th century; a problem for both Late Date and Early Date Exodus/Conquest people. The point we made back in that post was that since at no point in Joshua or Judges is that Egyptian domination mentioned, the historic...
On the reliability of the historical setting of the song, Stager, in his award winning30 article, The Song of Deborah — Why Some Tribes Answered the Call and Others Did Not, wrote that, At least to this layman, this reasoning makes a whole lot of sense. As far as the topic of Israelite origins goes, we’re interested in what the song can tell us abo...
Apr 4, 2020 · The period of the Israelite kings, from circa 1000 to 586 b.c.e., is well attested to in archaeology. But now, we also have an emerging body of evidence for the nation of Israel’s earliest history in the Holy Land: the tumultuous, lesser-known—but fascinating and formative—period of the judges.
In a disorderly, violent time, as Israel fought for land and survival, Deborah was called--and stepped forward--to aid her people. Israel, crossing into Canaan, changes its role. It is a time of conquest, a time of war. The Israelites have become fighters, and the saviors of Israel — women as well as men —have to be aggressors.
