Judge Barak

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Judge Barak is a biblical military leader from the Book of Judges who, alongside the prophetess Deborah, led Israel to victory over Canaanite forces.

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Judge Barak canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
judge of Israel
military leader
actedUnderAuthorityOf Deborah
appearsIn Book of Judges
linked to: Judges
associatedEvent Song of Deborah
associatedWith Barak
Deborah
battleLocation Kishon River
Mount Tabor
collaboratedWith prophetess Deborah
linked to: Deborah
commandedTribes Naphtali
Zebulun
father Abinoam
gender male
languageOfName Hebrew
ledAgainst Canaanites
Jabin king of Canaan
Sisera
literaryFormContext narrative prose in Judges 4
literaryFormContext poetic song in Judges 5
meaningOfName lightning
mentionedIn Hebrews 11:32
nameVariant Judge Barak
opponentCommander Sisera
opponentKing Jabin
recognizedAs figure of faith in New Testament
region ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
religiousSignificance example of God-delivered victory
religiousTextContext Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism
requestedPresenceOf Deborah in battle
role military commander of Israelite forces
scripturalCanonStatus canonical in Christian Old Testament
canonical in Jewish Bible
sourceTextReference Judges 4
linked to: Judges

Judges 5
timePeriod era of the Judges
tribalAffiliation Naphtali
victoryOver Canaanite army under Sisera

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Tribe of Naphtali associatedWith Judge Barak
Barak nameVariant Judge Barak
subject linked to: Judge Barak