{"id":2482,"date":"2017-11-01T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:51:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:51:29","slug":"judges-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/judges-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com\/soap<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter five<\/strong> records the anthem that Deborah and Barak sang after their victory over the Canaanites in chapter four. Judges 5:2 is a sort of summary verse of the song, repeated at the end of the first stanza: \u201cWhen the people answered the call to war\u2014 Praise the Lord!\u201d The first stanza is a generic praise of God for his past actions (Judges 5:3-9). They sang of God\u2019s presence at Sinai, his defeat of Edom, and one of the previous judges, Shamgar. Then they turned to Jael, who would be the heroine of the second stanza.<\/p>\n

The rest of the song\/chapter recounts the story that just occurred in the previous chapter (Judges 5:10-31). The first half tells of the army that stood with Barak. Five tribes are named as having stood against the Canaanites \u2013 Ephraim, Benjamin, Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali \u2013 though Barak did not necessarily recruit from all of them (Judges 4:6, 10). Reuben, Dan, and Asher were called out as not joining the battle, although it seems Reuben strongly considered it, along with those who lived in Gilead (Transjordan) \u2013 Gad and half of Manasseh. Thus, only Judah and Simeon (Levi was not allowed to join battles) are not listed at all. The second half celebrates Jael\u2019s courage and strength to kill Sisera when he was vulnerable. In poetic form Deborah and Barak envisioned Sisera\u2019s mother thinking about her son\u2019s great victories, while he lay dead in Jael\u2019s tent. The chapter closes with a note that Israel had peace for forty years after this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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