Atlas Biblica

    person · also Bedan

    Barak

    בָּרָקΒαράκ

    Barak, son of Abinoam, led the Israelites to victory against Canaanite forces under Deborah's leadership.

    verses
    14
    first named
    Judges 4:6
    last named
    Hebrews 11:32
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    role
    Judge

    Description

    Who was Barak?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Barak was an Israelite commander from the tribe of Naphtali who played a significant role in the victory over the Canaanite forces led by Sisera (Judges 4). Deborah, a prophetess and judge of Israel, summoned Barak and instructed him to gather troops from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun to fight against Sisera's army. Barak agreed to go only if Deborah accompanied him, to which she consented but prophesied that the honor of the victory would go to a woman. Barak led the Israelite forces to Mount Tabor, where they decisively defeated Sisera's army. The victory was celebrated in the Song of Deborah and Barak (Judges 5), which praises their leadership and God's deliverance. Barak is later mentioned in 1Sa.12.11 as one of the deliverers sent by God to save Israel from their enemies. The New Testament also commends Barak's faith in Heb.11.32, listing him among the examples of those who through faith conquered kingdoms and administered justice.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Barak10 of 16 entities the graph connects to Barak, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.David1 event · 964 versesSword1 event · 254 versesSamuel2 events · 121 versesGideon2 events · 50 versesNaphtali1 event · 50 versesJephthah2 events · 26 versesSisera4 events · 17 versesKedesh3 events · 10 versesDeborah6 events · 9 versesTabor Mount3 events · 8 versesBarak

    The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.

    Child of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 5 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Barak happensAll 3 places the claims about Barak reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Kedesh, Tabor_Mount, Harosheth-hagoyim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Barak there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.KedeshTabor_MountHarosheth-hagoyim
    before Israel's MonarchyAll 3 places the claims about Barak reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 14, across 3 books. The name is written 15 times in them.

    1. Judges12 verses

      4:64:84:94:104:124:144:154:164:225:15:125:15

    2. 1 Samuel1 verse

      12:11

    3. Hebrews1 verse

      11:32

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Deborah and Barak’s singing and Deborah’s goingDeborahProphetess and judge who led Israel to victory over Canaanites.via Delivery of SiseraDeliveryDelivery is a concept gathering 99 labelled instances in the text.via Deborah and Barak’s singingSingingSinging is a concept gathering 31 labelled instances in the text.via Delivery of SiseraSiseraCanaanite commander defeated by Deborah and Barak.via Deborah’s goingGoingGoing is a concept gathering 321 labelled instances in the text.via Deborah’s goingKedeshA Canaanite city, later a Levitical city of refuge in Naphtali

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on