Judges 1
Israel's incomplete obedience in driving out the Canaanites results in ongoing conflict and compromise, setting ...
Judges 2
The angel of the Lord rebukes Israel for their covenant unfaithfulness, leading to weeping and sacrifice, but ultimat...
Judges 3
God raises up deliverers (judges) to rescue Israel from oppression when they cry out to Him, even using flawed indivi...
Judges 4
God uses the unlikely leadership of a woman (Deborah) to lead Israel to victory, demonstrating that He empowers those...
Judges 5
Deborah's song celebrates God's victory over Israel's enemies, highlighting His power, faithfulness, a...
Judges 6
God calls Gideon, an unlikely and fearful man, to deliver Israel from the Midianites, demonstrating God's power ...
Judges 7
God reduces Gideon's army to a mere 300 men to ensure that the victory over the Midianites is attributed solely ...
Judges 8
Gideon, after refusing kingship, leads Israel into a period of idolatry, setting the stage for future decline despite...
Judges 9
Abimelech, Gideons illegitimate son, murders his brothers to seize power, leading to a violent and disastrous reign t...
Judges 10
Israel again turns to idolatry, is oppressed by the Philistines and Ammonites, cries out to God, and eventually repen...
Judges 11
Jephthah makes a vow to sacrifice whoever comes out of his house first if God grants him victory over the Ammonites. ...
Judges 12
The Ephraimites quarrel with Jephthah for not including them in the battle against the Ammonites. This leads to a bat...
Judges 13
An angel appears to Manoah and his wife (who is barren) to announce that they will have a son, Samson, who will begin...
Judges 14
Samson desires to marry a Philistine woman. At his wedding feast, he proposes a riddle, and when the Philistines chea...
Judges 15
After his wife is given to another man, Samson burns the Philistines' crops in revenge. The Philistines retaliat...
Judges 16
Samsons strength is ultimately undone by his lust and repeated disobedience to Gods specific commands for him as a Na...
Judges 17
Micah sets up a shrine with idols and hires a Levite to be his personal priest, illustrating the religious confusion ...
Judges 18
The tribe of Dan, seeking more land, steals Micahs idol and priest, establishes idolatry in Laish, and violently take...
Judges 19
A Levite's concubine is brutally abused and murdered in Gibeah, highlighting the moral depravity and lawlessness...
Judges 20
The tribes of Israel gather to avenge the crime committed in Gibeah, leading to a civil war against the tribe of Benj...
Judges 21
The Israelites lament the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin and devise questionable schemes to provide wives f...