Quiz on Deborah (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

A quiz on Deborah, prophetess and judge under the palm tree, and on Barak, Sisera and Jael.

1. What role does Deborah hold in Israel?
   Answer: Prophetess and judge
   Deborah, a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time (Judges 4:4).
2. Where does Deborah sit to judge the people?
   Answer: Under the palm of Deborah
   She sat under the palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel (Judges 4:5).
3. How many iron chariots did Jabin have?
   Answer: Nine hundred
   Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron and oppressed Israel cruelly for twenty years (Judges 4:3).
4. Who is the father of Barak?
   Answer: Abinoam
   Deborah summons Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali (Judges 4:6).
5. To which mountain must Barak lead ten thousand men?
   Answer: Mount Tabor
   Deborah commands him to go and draw out his men toward Mount Tabor, ten thousand of them (Judges 4:6).
6. What does Barak ask before going into battle?
   Answer: That Deborah go with him
   Barak says he will go if Deborah goes with him, but if not, he will not go (Judges 4:8).
7. Who routs Sisera and all his chariots before Barak?
   Answer: The Lord
   The Lord routed Sisera, all his chariots and all his army before Barak (Judges 4:15).
8. Where does Sisera flee on foot?
   Answer: To the tent of Jael
   Sisera flees to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judges 4:17).
9. How does Jael kill Sisera?
   Answer: With a tent peg and a hammer
   Jael takes a tent peg and a hammer, and drives the peg into his temple (Judges 4:21).
10. Which woman does Deborah's song call most blessed of women?
    Answer: Jael
    The song proclaims: most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judges 5:24).