Deborah and Barack Trivia Quiz

Answer: They were worshiping false gods and idols.

During the time Deborah and Barack were alive, God was allowing the Canaanite army to attack the Israelites because they were serving idols and false gods. The Canaanites were lead by a general named Sisera, who had 900 chariots of iron. They would come and steal food from the Israelite farms. Sometimes they would even take women and children to be their slaves.

However when the Israelites told God they were sorry, God listened. He started putting together a plan to save them.

Answer: underneath a palm tree

Deborah was the only female judge recorded in Bible history. People came to her where she judged underneath a palm tree. She would give people advice, make decisions, judge cases, but most importantly, she would tell the people what God wanted them to hear.

Answer: He said he would only go with her and did not trust what God had said.

Deborah told Barack to get 10,000 men ready and lead them into battle. She told him God promised to give the enemy into his hands near the river Kishon. However Barack told her he would only go if she came with him. Deborah was sad because Barack did not trust God enough to go by himself. Deborah agreed but told Barack that because he would not go alone, God would give the victory into the hands of a woman.

Answer: on a mountain

General Sisera gathered his armies together and met Deborah and Barack on Mount Tabor. The mountain became the place where the battle began. For General Sisera, who had many iron chariots, the mountain was a perfect spot. For the Israelites, it was a very hard place because they had to fight on their own two feet.

They didn't have very strong weapons, horses or chariots to help them in battle. However, they had God on their side.

Answer: rain

God made it rain, and the rain made it so muddy the iron chariots wouldn't work. The Canaanite army had to run away on foot! Barack and his men were on foot and easily chased the enemy soldiers all the way to the River Kishon. They captured the enemy soldiers and the ones that tried to escape were drowned by the river.

Answer: He fled to a nearby tent.

General Sisera panicked and ran for his life! He tried to find a place to hide and went to a nearby tent. He knew if the Israelites found him, he would be captured and possibly killed. He told the servants of the people who lived in the tent to keep him hidden and keep it a secret.

Answer: milk

Jael promised to keep General Sisera safe from the Israelites. She saw that he was very tired and gave him a place to rest. When General Sisera asked her for some water, she gave him a bowl of milk to drink. The warm milk soon had General Sisera sleeping like a baby.

Answer: True

God had told Barack and Deborah that a woman would have the victory. Jael waited until the General fell asleep, then she killed General Sisera by herself. When Deborah and Barack found Sisera, he was dead as a doornail. Deborah praised God for saving them from their enemies!

Answer: They wrote and sang a song.

Deborah and Barack celebrated by singing a song on how God had delivered the Israelites from their enemies. In the song they praised the tribes of Israel who had fought so courageously in the battle. They also sang of how General Sisera's men were defeated and how the general was killed.

Answer: False

God gave the land peace afterwards for forty years after Deborah and Barack had their great victory. As long as Deborah and Barack were alive, God blessed the people because Deborah and Barack taught them how to do what was right in God's eyes. However after they died, the Israelites turned back to doing evil. God had to let enemies to attack them again, but always raised up a hero when they repented.

There were many more heroes in the Bible that came and helped the Israelites follow God.