Lux Domini
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Key themes

HopeJustice and mercySalvationApostasy

Glossary

Sisera Person

(Egypt. Ses-Ra, “servant of Ra”). (1. ) The captain of Jabin’s army ( Judg. 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon.

Deborah Person

A bee. (1. ) Rebekah’s nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father’s house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac ( Gen. 24:59 ).

Barak Person

Lightning, the son of Abinoam ( Judg. 4:6 ). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin.

Mount Tabor Place

Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel et Tur.