Barak
Sign in to saveBarak ( or ; ; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephraim, the prophet and fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera.
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- Barak
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- Grave near Tel Kadesh attributed to Barak or Deborah
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- Kedesh, Naphtali
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- Military commander who, with Deborah, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera
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- Ruler of Ancient Israel
- Person.parents
- Abinoam (father)
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- Barak (Biblical figure)
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- בָּרָק
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- In the New Testament
- In the Apocrypha
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Barak ( or ; ; Tiberian Hebrew: Bārāq; "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephraim, the prophet and fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera.
==Background== The son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. His story is told in the Book of Judges, Chapters 4 and 5.
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