108 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

end for driving the oxen, and with the spade at the
other end he cleans the plough from the clay that
adheres to it in working.

George. What happened when the eighty years came
to an end?

Grandfather. When the children of Israel again did
evil in the sight of the Lord, he gave them into the
power of Jabin, the Canaanite, king of Hazor.

Marianne. You told us about some one of that name
in Joshua’s time.

Grandfather. The Israelites under Joshua conquered
the king of Hazor, and destroyed his city ; but as the
Israelites, from indolence and faithlessness, did not pur-
sue their conquests, these Canaanites again became a
nation, and had a king of their own named J abin, like
the former one. Now this king of Hazor had become so
strong that he was able mightily to oppress the children
of Israel, and to continue that oppression for twenty
years. Then the people of Israel cried to the Lord,
which few of them would have thought of doing if trials
had not come. Trouble brings prayers from those who
never prayed before. At this time Israel was judged
by a woman named Deborah. She is said to be the
wife of Lapidoth. The word Lapidoth means lamps, so
that the expression may mean, she was a woman of su-
perior gifts; light from heaven had shone into her mind.
Her station was under a palm tree, called in honour of
her the Palm Tree of Deborah. To her the people of Is-
rael resorted for justice and truth, and by her they were