110 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

respect. Without hesitation Deborah agreed to go,
telling Barak at the same time that this journey would
not be for his honour, for the Lord was to give Sisera
into the hands of a woman. It is to Barak’s honour
that this announcement made no change in his willing-
ness to go to the battle, nor in his desire that Deborah
should accompany him. He was not a vain man; he
sought more to do good than to gain praise. Let us
imitate his example in this.

Marianne. Did Deborah mean, grandfather, that the
people would say she had conquered Sisera, when she
said he was to be given into the hands of a woman ?

Grandfather. It was not of herself that Deborah
spoke, but of another woman who was to take a pro-
minent part against Sisera. But-as Barak knew no
other woman who was likely to take from him the
honour of the victory, he must have understood
Deborah’s words as referring to herself. So Barak
and Deborah with ten thousand men marched to the
top of Mount Tabor.

Johnnie. Is it a high mountain, grandfather ?

Grandfather. About fourteen or fifteen hundred feet
high. It is steep, and was quite inaccessible to the horses
and chariots of the Canaanite army, which made it an
advantageous station for Barak. He posted his men on
the top, which is a flat plain, a quarter of a mile long
and half a quarter broad. Mount Tabor has charmed
the travellers who have ascended, by the magnificent
view from its summit ; but it is more worthy of remark