Barak
Meaning: lightning
Barak was the son of Abinoam (Judges 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack, in which the host of Jabin was completely routed. The battle was fought (Judges 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel.
This deliverance of Israel is commemorated in Judges 5. Barak’s faith is commended (Hebrews 11:32).
“The character of Barak, though pious, does not seem to have been heroic. Like Gideon, and in a sense Samson, he is an illustration of the words in Hebrews 11:34, ‘Out of weakness were made strong.’”
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