I'm Heather and I'm Susan.

Come along with us on an adventure in the book of judges.

Welcome to the club, the Bible Book Club.

When last we left you on the Bible Book Club, we were in the story of judges and it began with a gold standard.

Athneal, whom we first met back in Joshua, he was a man who won the competition for

Caleb's daughter by defeating the Canaanites.

He was the judge and he was from the tribe of Judah.

Then we learned the story of the second judge, Ehud, a comedy, a little bit of a comedy,

and Ehud was left-handed or perhaps handicapped, we're not sure which.

God used his unique disability for a victory in the assassination of Eglon, the king of Moab.

The last story we read was just two lines given to Shamgar, a minor judge.

He was not a warrior, but killed 600 Philscenes with a cattle prod.

Vicious.

Vicious.

Okay, here's the setup for Chapter 4.

This is the story of three heroes, Deborah, Barack, and Jail.

But only one of them is a judge.

Now, Deborah and Jail are women who, in their own way,

are waging war on the Canaanites. Deborah is the third major judge and the fourth in the list

of all the judges. Jail provides an unexpected twist at the end of the story. Both are women with unquestionable

conviction about God. So we have Deborah and Jail, and then we have this pickle in the middle.

The man in the middle, Barack, is the pickle in this story. His attitude is a little salty

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