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  • Milk and Iron

    Jael and Sisera · Judges 4:17-22

    Sisera, the routed general of King Jabin, flees on foot up the slope above the Kishon and ducks into the only tent that will take him in. A Kenite woman gives him milk, covers him with a mantle, and waits for sleep.

  • The Bramble King

    Jotham's Parable of the Trees · Judges 9:7-21

    Jotham, the only surviving son of Gideon, climbs Mount Gerizim above Shechem and shouts a parable of trees down at the men who have crowned his brother king.

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