# Judges 04 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####
Chapters 4 and 5 form one section about Barak and Deborah.

#### Special concepts in this chapter ####

##### Barak's leadership #####

At this time, it was very unusual for a woman to be a leader, especially a military leader. Barak lacked the strength to go into battle without Deborah. This indicates that Barak was a poor leader. If a woman won the battle for him, it would have brought Barak shame. It also indicates that Deborah was very well respected. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

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* __[Judges 04:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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