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0 Barak and God massacre the Canaanites

I kill ... I wound ... I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh. Deuteronomy 32:39-42

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Barak and God massacre the Canaanites

This is just another variation of the same old story. So if you've been following along, you can predict what's going to happen.

The Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord.

The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD. Judges 4:1

So God sells them into slavery.

The LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin ... the captain of whose host was Sisera. 4:2

The Israelites cry out to the Lord.

The children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron. 4:3

God slaughtered the people that he sold the Israelites to.

The LORD discomfited Sisera [the captain of King Jabin's army], and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword ... and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. 4:15-16

Here are the details about Barak.

After Ehud dies, a woman becomes the leader of the Israelites. Her name is Deborah and she is called a prophetess and judge. She sat under a palm tree and everyone "came up to her for judgment."

Deborah, a prophetess ... judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah ... and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 4:4-5

One day she summoned Barak and told him to take 10,000 soldiers to fight Sisera.

She sent and called Barak ... and said unto him ... the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying ... take with thee ten thousand men ... to ... Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 4:6-7

Barak, who was a bit of a chicken shit, said:

If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 4:8

Deborah said that she would go with him and that God would deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.

She said, I will surely go with thee ... for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak. 4:9

So Deborah and Barak go off to fight in God's holy war. Guess what happens.

The LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword ... and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. 4:15-16

That's right. God "discomfited" Sisera's army, forcing them to either kill each other or kill themselves. No one survived.

Except Sisera, that is. Somehow he got away. Don't worry, though. God will take care of him in his next killing.

(Since the Bible doesn't say how many were killed, I gave it the usual 1000.)

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