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I read your letter
I got it just the other day
You seem so happy
So funny how time melts away
It's such a pleasure
To see you growing
And how you're sending your love
Thru' the air today
I think of Heaven
Each time I see you walking there
And as you're walking I think of children
Everywhere
It's in your star sign
You growing stronger
I can't believe you
It's so good to care
Thru' enchantment - into Sunlight
Angels touched your eyes
Your Highness - Electric - So Surprise
Is this your first life
It seems as tho' you have lived before
You help me hold on
You have a heart like an open door
You sing so sweetly
My Love adores you
She does, she's thinking of you
Right now, I know
The summer's coming
I'll keep in touch so you're not alone
Then like a swallow, you'll fly away
Like birds have flown
So let me tell you
How much I love you
I'd make the songbirds sing
For you again
Well now it's goodnight
There's a girl living in this town
She's a fox and she knows it well
All the fellows for miles around want to get her but
they never will
Just to have a girl with so much class
They'd crawl a mile over broken glass
And she'd let em do it just for a game
Deborah's her name
Deborah
Heart breaking love making connissure
Deborah
Deborah's her name
She's the kind that never follows fashion
Gotta make up her own
All the other kids quick to catch on act like they've
always known
But you should see em when the lights go down
Looking at her as she moves around
Pretty soon they're gonna look the same as the famous
Deborah
Deborah
Heart breaking love making connissure
Deborah
Deborah's her name
One day when my ship comes in
I'm gonna make her wonder where I've been
I'll get some money and I'll jump in my car
I'll go and make a meal of Deborah
I'll take her driving up to the top
When we get started ain't gonna stop
I'm gonna go and pick that wild flower
And her name is Deborah
Deborah
Heart breaking love making connissure
Deborah
Deborah's her name
Deborah's her name
Deborah's her name
Deborah's her name
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Feeling sexy
She starts to call my number
She wants to drive my car
We got engaged in
Midnight conversations
Is this a step too far?
I know she wants to
I really want you
Oh Deborah
Come off my new found
Love of my girl
In sweet arbour
Just give me your love
We've just jumped the queue
Of teenage dreamers
There's something here
Between us
So give me your love
We like to
Play that game until we're
Banging on the floor
Oh Deborah
I love your fascination
Come on and show me more
I know she wants to
I really want you
Oh Deborah
Come off my new found
Love of my girl
In sweet arbour
Just give me your love
We've just jumped the queue
Of teenage dreamers
There's something here
Between us
So give me your love
Oh Deborah
Come off my new found
Love of my girl
In sweet arbour
Just give me your love
We've just jumped the queue
Of teenage dreamers
There's something here
Between us
So give me your love
I've just lost my soul
Now I can't hold back
Anymore
I know I'd like to
But I've just got to
Catch my breath
Oh Deborah
Come off my new found
Love of my girl
In sweet arbour
Just give me your love
We've just jumped the queue
Of teenage dreamers
There's something here
Between us
So give me your love
Oh Deborah
Come off my new found
Love of my girl
In sweet arbour
Just give me your love
We've just jumped the queue
Of teenage dreamers
There's something here
Between us
Deborah | |
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Deborah in "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum" |
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Born | c. 1200 BCE |
Died | c. 1124 (aged 75) or 1067 BCE |
Residence | Shelter in Mount Ephraim, which is between Ramah in Benjamin and Bethel |
Nationality | Hebrew |
Other names | Debora, Débora, Dvora |
Occupation | Prophetess of God, Fourth Judge of Israel |
Predecessor | Shamgar |
Successor | Gideon |
Spouse | Lapidoth |
Deborah (Hebrew: דְבוֹרָה, Modern Dvora Tiberian Dəḇôrā ; "Bee", Arabic: دبورة Daborah) was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, counselor, warrior, and the wife of Lapidoth according to the Book of Judges chapters 4 and 5.
The only female judge mentioned in the Bible, Deborah led a successful counterattack against the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and his military commander Sisera, the narrative is recounted in chapter 4.
Judges chapter 5 gives the same story in poetic form. This passage, often called The Song of Deborah, may date to as early as the 12th century BC[1] and is perhaps the earliest sample of Hebrew poetry. It is also significant because it is one of the oldest passages that portrays fighting women, the account being that of Jael, the wife of Heber, a Kenite tent maker. Jael killed Sisera by driving a tent peg through his temple as he slept. Both Deborah and Jael are portrayed as strong independent women. The poem may have been included in the Book of the Wars of the Lord mentioned in Numbers 21:14.
In Hebrew, her name, דְּבוֹרָה, translates as bee. The Deborah number, a dimensionless number used in rheology, is named after her.[2]
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Not much is known about Deborah's personal life. Her name in Hebrew is pronounced Dvora. Some sources, such as Chabad.org, state that she judged Israel from 1107 B.C. until her death in 1067 B.C.[3] The Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World, claims that she might have lived from 1200 B.C. to 1124 B.C., which would have made her about 36 years old at the time of the battle against Sisera, and 75 at the time her death.[4] The book also says that she was most probably born in central Israel to the tribe of Ephraim, and was also the author of The Song of Deborah.[4]
In the Book of Judges, it is stated that she was the wife of Lapidoth (Hebrew: לפידות whose name means "torches"). She rendered her judgments beneath a palm tree between Ramah in Benjamin and Bethel in the land of Ephraim. (Judges 4:5) Some people today refer to Deborah as the mother of Israel because of the "Song of Deborah and Barak" found in Judges 5.
Judges in the Bible |
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In the Book of Joshua |
In the Book of Judges |
In First Samuel |
†Not explicitly described as a judge |
After being oppressed by Jabin, the king of Canaan, in Hazor, for twenty years, (Judges 4:9) Deborah prevailed upon Barak who was the head captain of the army at that time, to face the Assyrian General Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, in battle. The victory to which the Bible refers is the victory of an Israelite force of ten thousand over Sisera's force of nine hundred iron chariots. (Judges 4:10)
When Deborah saw the army, she said, according to Judges 4:14:
“ | Up; for this [is] the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. | ” |
As Deborah prophesied, the Lord gave the victory to the Israelites. Sisera fled the battle site seeking refuge in the tent of the woman Jael. In the Biblical account, Jael killed the enemy leader, Sisera. The Biblical account of Deborah ends in Judges 5.
After the battle, there was peace in the land for 40 years. (Judges 5:31)
The Song of Deborah is found in Judges 5:2-31 and is a victory hymn, sung by Deborah and Barak, about the defeat of Canaanite adversaries by some of the tribes of Israel. It is recognized as one of the oldest parts of the Bible, dating somewhere in the 12th century BC based on its grammar and context.[5] The song itself contains a number of challenging differences from the events described in Judges 4. The song mentions six participating tribes (Ephraim, Benjamin, Machir, Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali) as opposed to the two tribes in Judges 4:6 (Naphtali and Zebulun) and does not mention the role of Jabin.[6] It describes Sisera's death in a different manner. Judges 4:17-21 describes Jael killing Sisera by luring him into her tent, letting him lay down to rest, and then while he was asleep hammering a tent peg into his head killing him.
Though it is not uncommon to read a victory hymn in the Hebrew Bible, the Song of Deborah stands out as unique in that it is a hymn that celebrates a military victory helped by two women: Deborah and Jael. Michael Coogan writes that Jael being a woman "is a further sign that Yahweh ultimately is responsible for the victory: The mighty Canaanite general Sisera will be 'sold' by the Lord 'into the hand of a woman' (Judges 4:9) - the ultimate degradation."[5]
After the death of Joshua, the tribe of Judah led the tribe of Simeon in a campaign against the Canaanites and Perizzites, defeating Adoni-Bezek at Bezek. Then they marched against Kiriath-Arba (Hebron) and defeated three more kings. The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, accompanied Judah into the wilderness of Negeb but later left to live with the Amalakites. Judah did not take Ashkelon, or Ekron. The Canaanites continued to hold Beth Shean, Dor, and Ibleam. Zebulun was unable to drive them out of Kitron or Nahalol; nor could Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Achzib, or Rehob. The Amorites drove back the Danites into the highlands.[7]
Jabin a king of Canaan reigned at Hazor and the commander of his army was Sisera who lived in Haroseth-ha-goiim. The accounts of Judges 4 and 5 tell the story of a battle at Taanach near the River Kishon. Few allies among the southern tribes could come to the assistance of Deborah and Barak. Israel, which the song of Deborah and Barak numbers at 40,000 spears, was unavailable except for forces from the tribes of Ephraim, Machir, Zebulon, Issachar, and Naphtali. While Sisera is said to have had 900 iron chariots, "the Song of Deborah" implies that heavy rain rendered them ineffectual.[8]
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Preceded by Shamgar |
Judge of Israel | Succeeded by Gideon |
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Name | Deborah |
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Short description | Biblical prophetess |
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