Speaking of Deborah: One day, Deborah called Barak: Judges 4:6‑10

"She sent and called for Barak ben Avinoam from Qedesh‑Naftali.

"She said to him, 'Did not YHWH God of Israel command: "Go and pull toward Mount Tabor and take with you ten thousand men from the men of Naphtali and Zebulun. I will draw Sisera the head of Yavin's army and his chariotry and masses to Wadi Kishon and I will give him into your hand."'

"Barak said to her, 'If you go with me, I will go. if you will not go with me, I will not go.'

"She said, 'I will indeed go with you, especially since you will get no glory on the way you are going, for into the hand of a woman YHWH will deliver Sisera.'

Deborah was a judge. She was quite busy in this job. What would you have done? Would you have gone with Barak? Would you have told him, YHWH sent you not me? What might have been your attitude?

I have to be honest in that I am not fully read in this particular situation in the Bible. Who was Barak - was he a good guy?

Maybe this will help: From the web site http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/B ... orah.shtml

Deborah calls Barak in her role as a prophet, an envoy of God. Moreover, Deborah hints that she is following up on a previous call to Barak: Did not YHWH God of Israel command? God has spoken to Barak, and Deborah's call is a second summons. Barak is reluctant to go, like Moses before him, like Gideon and Samuel later in Israel's history, others called by God to be envoys. He seeks assurance that God is really with him and insists that Deborah go with him to the battle staging area where the warriors assemble.