The Baker

Read the text of Judges chapter 4

"After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the Lord. So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim."
(Judges 4:1,2)

"Because he (Jabin) had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help."
(Judges 4:3)

A prophetess named Deborah was leading the Israelites. God told her to tell a man named Barak to take an army and fight against Jabin.

"Barak said to her, 'If you go with me, I will go; but if you don't go with me, I won't go.'"
(v.8)

"'Very well,' Deborah said, 'I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will hand Sisera over to a woman.'"
(v.9)

God delivered the Israelites out of trouble again!
"And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the Canaanite king, until they destroyed him."
(Judges 4:24)

How did God hand over Sisera to a woman?

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