A Woman And A Nail - 1294 Words

A Woman And A Nail Judges 3-5 For 18 years the Israelites had served Eglon, the wicked king of Moab. Then Ehud, a man that the Lord had raised up to save the Children of Israel, killed Eglon. Eglon is the only person in the Bible who is described as being â€Å"very fat.† Ehud was the second judge of Israel, a Benjamite and a left handed man who wore a dagger on his right thigh. After Ehud killed Eglon, the Land enjoyed peace for 80 years; however, â€Å"When Ehud was dead the Children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.† And those were the days when everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Although, the Lord had delivered Israel on several occasions, they had gone back to doing evil. They had gotten careless and sinful again;†¦show more content†¦King Jabin’s commander in chief was General Sisera who led the Canaanite army of perhaps 100,000 soldiers. We do know that he had 900 chariots of Iron; instruments of war, which were manned by skilled soldiers. Just at that time there was a woman judge in Israel. She was the 4th of the judges (or 5th if Gideon was a judge) her name was Deborah. God had raised her up to do His will. To be a spokeswoman to the Children of Israel; to relay top them the Word of God. God sent a message by Deborah, to Barak, an Israelite man. Barak was to raise an army from among the Israelites and wage war against the Canaanites. Even though God had promised to go with them and assured Barak of a victory, he was afraid to go, for he was certain there was no way that his army could defeat Sisera’s warriors, but Deborah reminded him that it was God’s will for him to go. So, he told Deborah that he would go; only if she would go with him. Deborah agreed to go with him, but she told him that since he would not do God’s Will completely as He commanded, he would not receive the honor of defeating Sisera; that would go to a woman.. Barak raised an army of 10,000 men who marched toward Sisera’s army as The Lord instructed. The Israelites soldiers were outnumbered and they had no means of withstanding Sisera’s 900 chariots of iron. They were really outnumbered. But God gave the victory. However, Barak’s army, which was made up of Israelite men from