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Judges 4 · Preschool

God Goes First

Name Date

Color Deborah and her palm tree! God told Deborah that He would go before His people.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”

Judges 4:14 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Deborah trusted that God went first. God goes ahead of you too.

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Judges 4 · Kindergarten

Deborah Helps

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GO
GOD
TREE
DAY
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PALM TREE
DEBORAH
MOUNTAIN
TENT

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw Deborah under the palm tree.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who helps you be brave?
  • Where do you like to sit and talk?

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Judges 4 · Grade 1

God Goes Before You

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

DEBORAH
BARAK
TABOR
GO
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Deborah judged under a palm tree.
Barak said he would go if Deborah went.
Barak went down from Mount Tabor.
God mixed up Sisera's army.
Sisera ran to Jael's tent.

Deborah and Barak

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Deborah calls Barak

Deborah judges Israel

Barak goes down from Mount Tabor

God subdues Jabin

Draw Deborah under the palm tree.

Memory Verse

“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.”

Judges 4:4 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did Barak want Deborah to go with him?
  • What did God do to help Israel win?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Judges 4 · Grade 2

Deborah Under the Palm

Name Date

Read the Story

A king named Jabin was mean to Israel for twenty years. His captain, Sisera, had nine hundred iron chariots. The people cried to God.

Deborah was a prophet. She judged Israel under a palm tree. She called Barak. She said God wanted him to go to Mount Tabor with ten thousand men. Barak said he would go if she went with him. Deborah said yes. But she said a woman would get the honor.

Deborah told Barak to go, because God had gone before him. God mixed up Sisera's army. Sisera ran away on foot. He hid in the tent of a woman named Jael. Jael beat Sisera there. God won the fight for Israel that day.

Memory Verse

“Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”

Judges 4:14 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. How many iron chariots did Sisera have?

    In the tent of JaelUnder a palm treeNine hundred

  2. Where did Deborah judge Israel?

    Nine hundredUnder a palm treeMixed it up

  3. What did Barak say?

  4. What did God do to Sisera's army?

    Nine hundredMixed it upIn the tent of Jael

  5. Where did Sisera hide?

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

EITENTJBKLVTYMHPGJCHARIOTSATPBWBCBABTKOKSTANIOVRDTARUNVDEBORAHJPALMYEKYDSISERAGBS
  • CHARIOTS
  • DEBORAH
  • SISERA
  • BARAK
  • TABOR
  • JABIN
  • PALM
  • TENT

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be brave when someone asks you to help?
  • Who is a good helper that makes you braver?

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Judges 4 · Grade 3

This Is the Day

Name Date

Read the Story

Israel did evil again after Ehud died. So Jabin king of Canaan ruled them for twenty years. His captain was Sisera, who had nine hundred chariots of iron.

Deborah, a prophetess, judged Israel under Deborah's palm tree. She called Barak. She told him God's command. He must take ten thousand men to Mount Tabor. God would bring Sisera to the river Kishon. Barak would not go unless Deborah went too. She went. But she said God would sell Sisera into a woman's hand.

Deborah said, Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Yahweh confused Sisera's army, and Sisera fled on foot. He ran to Jael's tent. Jael defeated Sisera in her tent. So God subdued Jabin that day.

Memory Verse

“Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”

Judges 4:14 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How long did Jabin rule Israel?

  2. Where was Barak to take ten thousand men?

  3. Where would God bring Sisera?

  4. Into whose hand would God sell Sisera?

  5. Who subdued Jabin?

Deborah and Barak

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

JSTIWNCRDTAGIOSHFESABKFLASBTIBIBMRLOVESONFIPRABNERAOAAGKSTRLTLHNBFPRASMIBARAKYVBG
  • CHARIOTS
  • DEBORAH
  • SISERA
  • BARAK
  • TABOR
  • JABIN
  • PALM
  • TENT

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why do you think God chose Deborah to lead?
  • What does it mean that God goes before you?

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Judges 4 · Grade 4

Courage From God's Word

Name Date

Read and Think

After Ehud died, Israel did evil again, and Yahweh sold them to Jabin king of Canaan. For twenty years his captain Sisera, with nine hundred chariots of iron, oppressed them. Israel cried to Yahweh.

Deborah was a prophetess who judged Israel under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel. She told Barak that God commanded him to gather ten thousand men at Mount Tabor, and God would deliver Sisera to him at the Kishon. Barak agreed only if Deborah came along. She went, but said the honor would go to a woman.

On the day of battle Deborah said Yahweh had gone out before Barak. Yahweh confused Sisera and his chariots, and every soldier fell. Sisera fled to the tent of Jael, Heber's wife. She gave him milk and covered him, and while he slept she drove a tent peg through his temple. That day God subdued Jabin. In the New Testament, Hebrews names Barak with Gideon, Samson, and Jephthah among people of faith (Hebrews 11:32).

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Israel cry to Yahweh?

  2. What did God promise Barak?

  3. What condition did Barak set?

  4. Who defeated Sisera's army?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

chariotsDeborahJabinBarakSisera
  1. After Ehud died, Israel did evil again, and Yahweh sold them to king of Canaan.
  2. For twenty years his captain , with nine hundred chariots of iron, oppressed them.
  3. was a prophetess who judged Israel under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel.
  4. She told that God commanded him to gather ten thousand men at Mount Tabor, and God would deliver Sisera to him at the Kishon.
  5. Yahweh confused Sisera and his , and every soldier fell.

Think About It

  1. Barak needed Deborah's help to be brave. Who helps you obey God when you feel afraid?

  2. Deborah said God had gone out before Barak. How can that help you face something hard?

Memory Verse

“Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”

Judges 4:14 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is it important that the chapter says God subdued Jabin?
  • How might God use you in a way others do not expect?

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Judges 4 · Grade 5

God Gives the Victory

Name Date

Read and Think

When Ehud died, Israel again did evil, and Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. His commander Sisera had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he mightily oppressed Israel for twenty years.

Deborah, a prophetess, was judging Israel, and people came to her under her palm tree for judgment. She summoned Barak from Kedesh Naphtali and reminded him of God's command to lead ten thousand men to Mount Tabor. Barak answered that he would go only if she went with him. Deborah agreed but warned that the journey would not be for his honor, because Yahweh would sell Sisera into a woman's hand.

Deborah declared that this was the day of victory, and Barak went down the mountain. Yahweh confused Sisera's army, and not one man was left. Sisera escaped on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because his king was at peace with Heber's house. Jael welcomed him, gave him milk, and then killed him with a tent peg while he slept. The chapter ends by saying God subdued Jabin. In the New Testament, Hebrews names Barak among those who through faith subdued kingdoms (Hebrews 11:32-33).

Show What You Know

  1. Where did Jabin reign?

  2. How many chariots of iron did Sisera have?

  3. What warning did Deborah give Barak?

  4. Why did Sisera flee to Jael's tent?

  5. Who does the chapter say subdued Jabin?

Crossword

32415

Across

  1. Deborah sat under this tree
  2. A prophetess who judged Israel
  3. The mountain where Barak gathered

Down

  1. The captain of Jabin's army
  2. He led ten thousand men

Think About It

  1. Barak's faith was real but hesitant. What does it look like to obey God even when you are unsure?

  2. The victory came from God, not from chariots or soldiers. Where are you tempted to trust strength instead of God?

Memory Verse

“Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”

Judges 4:14 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for going ahead of me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does God use both men and women in His plans?
  • What hard task could you face trusting that God goes first?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.