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And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And she used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And she used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She used to sit [to hear and decide disputes] under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to settle disputes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It was her custom to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her for judgment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />She would sit under Deborah's Palm Tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where Israelites would come and ask her to settle their legal cases. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />She used to sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. The people of Israel would come to her for legal decisions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She regularly took her seat under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountainous region of Ephraim, where the Israelis would approach her for decisions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she will dwell under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and between Bethel, in mount Ephraim: and the sons of Israel will go up to her for judgment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she sat under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Rama and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for all judgment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And she was sitting under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for every judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She used to sit under Deborah’s palm tree, between Ramah and Bethel in the mountain region of Ephraim, where the Israelites came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Deborah dwelt under the palm tree between Ramtha and Beth-el on mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Debora was living under a palm tree between Ramtha and Bayth Eil on Mount Aphreim and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgement.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/4-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=952" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/4.htm">Deborah and Barak</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hî (Conj-w:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">And she</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">would sit</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ- (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/8560.htm" title="8560: tō·mer (N-msc) -- Palm tree, post. From the same root as tamar; a palm trunk.">the Palm</a> <a href="/hebrew/1683.htm" title="1683: də·ḇō·w·rāh (N-proper-fs) -- Two Isr. women. Or Dborah; the same as dbowrah; Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses.">of Deborah</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/7414.htm" title="7414: hā·rā·māh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Height, the name of several places in Isr. The same as ramah; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine.">Ramah</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: bêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">and Bethel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bə·har (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">in the hill country</a> <a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·rā·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Ephraim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">where the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘ă·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">would go up</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">to her</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: lam·miš·pāṭ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Judgment. ">for judgment.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Exodus 18:13-16</a></span><br />The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. / When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?” / “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8-9</a></span><br />If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. / You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/9-9.htm">1 Samuel 9:9</a></span><br />(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm">2 Kings 22:14</a></span><br />So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-22.htm">2 Chronicles 34:22</a></span><br />So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-36.htm">Luke 2:36-38</a></span><br />There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, / and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. / Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-9.htm">Acts 21:9</a></span><br />He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm">1 Corinthians 11:5</a></span><br />And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-34.htm">1 Corinthians 14:34-35</a></span><br />Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. / If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-10</a></span><br />One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-23.htm">2 Kings 4:23</a></span><br />“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Isaiah 3:12</a></span><br />Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-4.htm">Micah 6:4</a></span><br />For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a></span><br />While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-19.htm">John 4:19</a></span><br />“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And she dwelled under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.</p><p class="hdg">the palm</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a></b></br> But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.</p><p class="hdg">between</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/16-2.htm">Joshua 16:2</a></b></br> And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-22.htm">Joshua 18:22,25</a></b></br> And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1,19</a></b></br> Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name <i>was</i> Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: … </p><p class="hdg">came up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-13.htm">Exodus 18:13,16,19,26</a></b></br> And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8-12</a></b></br> If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, <i>being</i> matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/15-2.htm">2 Samuel 15:2-6</a></b></br> And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was <i>so</i>, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city <i>art</i> thou? And he said, Thy servant <i>is</i> of one of the tribes of Israel… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/judges/1-23.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/4-4.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/4-4.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/exodus/18-26.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-16.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/judges/1-35.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/judges/4-2.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/joshua/21-41.htm">Held</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Hill-Country</a> <a href="/judges/4-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/joshua/20-6.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/judges/3-27.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Palm-Tree</a> <a href="/joshua/19-36.htm">Ramah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/joshua/23-7.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Beth-El</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/5-7.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Deborah</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Deb'orah</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-7.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/judges/6-10.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">E'phraim</a> <a href="/judges/7-20.htm">Held</a> <a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/judges/7-24.htm">Hill-Country</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/4-23.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Palm-Tree</a> <a href="/judges/19-13.htm">Ramah</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/judges/6-28.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/4-1.htm">Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/4-17.htm">Jael kills Sisera</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah</b><br>Deborah, a prophetess and judge, is a unique figure in Israel's history. Her role as a female leader is significant, especially in a patriarchal society. The "Palm of Deborah" indicates a specific location where she held court, suggesting a place of wisdom and authority. Palms were often symbols of peace and victory, which may reflect her role in delivering Israel from oppression.<p><b>between Ramah and Bethel</b><br>Ramah and Bethel are significant locations in biblical history. Ramah, often associated with the prophet Samuel, was a central location in the tribe of Benjamin. Bethel, meaning "House of God," was a significant religious site, where Jacob had his vision of the ladder. The positioning between these two places suggests a strategic and accessible location for the tribes of Israel to seek judgment.<p><b>in the hill country of Ephraim</b><br>The hill country of Ephraim was a central region in Israel, known for its rugged terrain and strategic importance. Ephraim was one of the leading tribes of Israel, often associated with leadership and strength. This setting underscores Deborah's influence and the accessibility of her leadership to the northern tribes.<p><b>where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment</b><br>Deborah's role as a judge involved more than legal decisions; it included spiritual and moral leadership. The phrase "go up" indicates a pilgrimage or journey, suggesting that her wisdom and guidance were highly sought after. This reflects the theocratic nature of Israel's governance, where leaders were expected to be divinely inspired. Her role prefigures Christ as the ultimate judge and source of wisdom, who invites all to come to Him for guidance and truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/deborah.htm">Deborah</a></b><br>A prophetess and judge of Israel, Deborah is a significant female leader in the Old Testament. Her role as a judge and prophetess highlights her wisdom and spiritual authority.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/palm_of_deborah.htm">Palm of Deborah</a></b><br>This is the location where Deborah would sit to judge the Israelites. It symbolizes a place of wisdom and justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/ramah.htm">Ramah</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Benjamin, often associated with significant biblical events and figures.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Ephraim, known for its religious significance in Israel's history.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hill_country_of_ephraim.htm">Hill Country of Ephraim</a></b><br>A region in central Israel, known for its rugged terrain and historical significance as a place of refuge and spiritual encounters.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_women_in_leadership.htm">The Role of Women in Leadership</a></b><br>Deborah's position as a judge and prophetess demonstrates that God can call women to significant leadership roles. This challenges cultural norms and encourages the church to recognize and support women's contributions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_godly_wisdom.htm">Seeking Godly Wisdom</a></b><br>The Israelites came to Deborah for judgment, indicating the importance of seeking godly wisdom and counsel in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_authority_and_influence.htm">Spiritual Authority and Influence</a></b><br>Deborah's influence was rooted in her spiritual authority, reminding believers that true leadership is grounded in a relationship with God and obedience to His Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_place_in_ministry.htm">The Importance of Place in Ministry</a></b><br>The Palm of Deborah was a designated place for judgment, illustrating the importance of having a specific place for ministry and spiritual activities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a></b><br>The Israelites' willingness to come to Deborah for judgment highlights the value of community and accountability in the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_deborah_and_barak_biblically.htm">Who were Deborah and Barak in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_a_woman_lead_a_nation_in_the_bible.htm">Does the Bible allow a woman to lead a nation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_deborah's_role_culturally_accepted.htm">Judges 4:4–5 depicts Deborah holding a high leadership role—would this have been culturally acceptable at the time? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jeremiah_31_15_forced_in_matthew.htm">Does Jeremiah 31:15 (“Rachel weeping for her children”) align historically with Matthew’s account, or is it a forced connection? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">She dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah.--</span>Similarly Abraham is said to have lived under the oak of Mamre (<a href="/genesis/14-13.htm" title="And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelled in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.">Genesis 14:13</a>), and Saul under the pomegranate of Migron (<a href="/1_samuel/14-2.htm" title="And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;">1Samuel 14:2</a>). "Such tents the patriarchs loved "(Coleridge). Dean Stanley (<span class= "ital">Jewish Chron. </span>i. 318) draws a fine contrast between the triumphant "mother of Israel" (Judges 5 under her palm, full of the fire of faith and energy,and Judaea Captiva, represented on the coins of Titus as a weeping woman sitting under a palm-tree, "with downcast eyes and folded hands, and extinguished hopes." The words "she dwelt" are literally <span class= "ital">she was sitting, </span>which may merely mean that she took her station under this well-known and solitary palm when she was giving her judgment (comp. <a href="/psalms/9-3.htm" title="When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.">Psalm 9:3</a>); just as St. Louis, under the oak-tree at Vincennes (Stanley, <span class= "ital">Jewish Chron. </span>i. 218), and as Ethelbert received St. Austin and his monks under an oak. The tree won its name as the "Deborah palm" from her, and may also have originated the name Baal-Tamar, "the lord of the palm" (<a href="/judges/20-33.htm" title="And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.">Judges 20:33</a>). Near it was another very famous tree--Allon-Bachuth--the oak or terebinth of weeping; so called from the weeping at the burial of the other Deborah (<a href="/genesis/35-8.htm" title="But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.">Genesis 35:8</a>), which is alluded to in <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm" title="Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:">1Samuel 10:3</a>, if the true reading there be "the oak of Deborah," and not of Tabor, as Thenius conjectures. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The palm tree of Deborah</span>. The tree, which was probably still standing in the writer's time, was known as "the palm tree of Deborah," just as a certain oak tree in the forest of Hoxne, in Suffolk, was known for many hundred years as King Edmund's oak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/4-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And she</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֠הִיא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would sit</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּֽחַת־</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Palm</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּ֜מֶר</span> <span class="translit">(tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8560.htm">Strong's 8560: </a> </span><span class="str2">Palm tree, post</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Deborah</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבוֹרָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1683.htm">Strong's 1683: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deborah -- two Israelite women</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֧ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ramah</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָמָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7414.htm">Strong's 7414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ramah -- 'height', the name of several places in Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Bethel</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the hill country</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Ephraim,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would go up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to her</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֛יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for judgment.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃</span> <span class="translit">(lam·miš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/4-5.htm">OT History: Judges 4:5 She lived under the palm tree (Jd Judg. 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