Barak
Barak lived in the city of Kedesh. He was the son of Abinoam of the tribe of Naphtali. Deborah called him to raise an army of 10,000 men to fight against King Jabin, who had oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. He agreed to do this on the condition that Deborah would accompany them. She consented.
During the battle the Lord sent a great thunderstorm. This rain flooded the Kishon River and the plain surrounding the battle area making the Canaanite chariots useless. The Israelites gained the victory and broke the Canaanite power over them for the next forty years.
See Judges 4:6-23; Judges 5:1, 12, 15; and Hebrews 11:32.
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