Judges

Contents

Judges 1

• Judah and Simeon Lead the Conquest
• Othniel Wins Achsah as His Wife
• Settling the Land
• The Failures to Drive Out the Canaanites

Judges 2

• The Angel’s Rebuke at Bochim
• The Cycle of Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Judges 3

• The Nations Left to Test Israel
• Othniel Delivers Israel
• Ehud and the King of Moab
• Shamgar

Judges 4

• Deborah and Barak

Judges 5

• The Song of Deborah

Judges 6

• Midian Oppresses Israel
• The Call of Gideon
• Gideon Tears Down the Altar of Baal
• The Sign of the Fleece

Judges 7

• Yahweh Reduces Gideon’s Army
• Gideon Spies on the Camp
• The Rout of Midian

Judges 8

• Gideon Calms Ephraim
• Pursuit and Vengeance
• Gideon Refuses the Crown
• The Death of Gideon

Judges 9

• Abimelech Seizes Power
• Jotham’s Fable
• The Fall of Abimelech

Judges 10

• Tola and Jair
• Israel’s Renewed Rebellion

Judges 11

• Jephthah the Outcast
• Jephthah’s Negotiation with Ammon
• Jephthah’s Vow and Victory
• Jephthah’s Daughter

Judges 12

• War with Ephraim
• Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon

Judges 13

• The Angel Appears to Manoah’s Wife
• Manoah Meets the Angel

Judges 14

• Samson’s Marriage to the Woman of Timnah
• The Riddle at the Wedding Feast

Judges 15

• Samson’s Revenge on the Philistines
• The Jawbone of a Donkey

Judges 16

• Samson and Delilah
• Samson’s Strength Is Betrayed
• The Death of Samson

Judges 17

• Micah’s Idols
• The Levite Becomes Micah’s Priest

Judges 18

• The Danites Search for Land
• The Danites Take Micah’s Idols
• The Danites Conquer Laish

Judges 19

• The Levite and His Concubine
• A Night in Gibeah
• The Outrage at Gibeah
• The Levite’s Gruesome Summons

Judges 20

• Israel Gathers Against Benjamin
• The First Battles at Gibeah
• Israel’s Ambush Prevails
• The Defeat of Benjamin

Judges 21

• Wives for the Remnant of Benjamin
• The Daughters of Shiloh