The Book of Judges

God told Joshua that many territories still needed to be conquered, especially lands in the eastern reaches of Canaan. God wanted his race of believers ethnically pure and undiluted by foreign influences. The judges or intermediary figureheads often heroes from individual tribes with folkloric elements in their stories. Deborah first led the Israelites into military victory against King Jabin's forces. As General Cicera fled to a nearby camp, a woman named Jael intercepted him, tricked him, and drove a tent spike through his head.