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Overview, Part 1 Of 4
Overview, Part 2 Of 4
Overview, Part 3 Of 4
Overview, Part 4 Of 4
Judges
A. The Time of the Elders (Jud 1:1-2:10
)
1. Israel Fails to Force Out the Canaanites (Jud
1:1-3)
I.) Incomplete obedience (Jud
1:1)
A.) The Incomplete Victory Of Judah [OR] The Continuing Conquest Of Canaan [OR] Israel Fights The Remaining Canaanites [OR] Jerusalem Is Captured [OR] Israel's Failure To Complete The Conquest Of Canaan [OR] The Acts Of Judah And Simeon (Jud
1:1)
2. Judah Attempts to Force Out the Canaanites (Jud
1:4-36)
1.) Adoni-Bezek Justly Punished (Jud
1:4)
2.) Jerusalem Taken (Jud
1:8)
3.) Hebron Taken (Jud
1:10)
4.) Capture Of Other Cities [OR] Othniel Is Given Achsah As His Wife For Taking Debir (Jud
1:11)
5.) The Kenites Dwell In Judah (Jud
1:16)
6.) Hormah, Gaza, Askelon And Ekron Taken (Jud
1:17)
A.) The Incomplete Victory Of Benjamin [OR] The Acts Of Benjamin (Jud
1:21)
1.) Of The House Of Joseph, Who Take Beth-El (Jud
1:22)
B.) The Incomplete Victory Of Manasseh [OR] Incomplete Conquest Of The Land [OR] Places Not Conquered (Jud
1:27)
1.) Of Zebulun (Jud
1:30)
2.) Of Asher (Jud
1:31)
3.) Of Naphtali And Of Dan (Jud
1:33)
3. The Messenger of the LORD Reacts to Israel's Failure (Jud
2:1-5)
A.) Review Of The Israelitish Invasion Of Canaan To The Death Of Joshua [OR] Israel's Disobedience [OR] The Angel Of The Lord At Bokim [OR] Israel Rebuked [OR] An Angel Rebukes The People Of Bochim (Jud
2:1)
4. The Death of Joshua (Jud
2:6-10)
1.) Disobedience And Defeat [OR] Joshua Dies [OR] Death Of Joshua [OR] The Wickedness Of The New Generation After Joshua (Jud
2:6)
2.) Death Of Joshua (Jud
2:7)
B. The Time of the Judges (Jud 2:11-16:31
)
1. The Sin of the Next Generation (Jud
2:11-19)
1.) Israel's Unfaithfulness [OR] Israel Serves Baals [OR] Israel's Unfaithfulness (Jud
2:11)
2.) God's Anger And Pity Towards Them (Jud
2:14)
A.) Institution Of The Judges (Jud
2:16)
2. The LORD Allows the Nations to Stay in Order to Test His People (Jud
2:20-3:4)
A.) Result Of Israel's Incomplete Obedience [OR] The Canaanites Are Left To Test Israel (Jud
2:20)
1.) The Nations Remaining In The Land [OR] Idolatry Leads To Servitude [OR] Nations Remaining In The Land [OR] The Nations Which Were Left To Test Israel (Jud
3:1)
3. The People Fail the Test (Jud
3:5-6)
A.) The First Apostasy And Servitude (Jud
3:5)
1.) By Intermarriage The Israelites Commit Idolatry [OR] Othniel (Jud
3:6)
4. Othniel Defeats Cushan Rishathaim (Jud
3:7-11)
1.) Othniel Delivers Them From Chushan-Rishathaim (Jud
3:8)
2.) Othniel, The First Judge [OR] The First Judge Delivers Israel [OR] Ehud [OR] Ehud Frees The Israelites From Eglon (Jud
3:9)
5. Ehud Defeats Moab (Jud
3:12-30)
A.) The Second Apostasy And Servitude (Jud
3:12)
1.) Ehud, The Second Judge [OR] Ehud Delivers From Moab [OR] Shamgar [OR] Shamgar Delivers From Philistines [OR] Shamgar Delivers Them From The Philistines [OR] Deborah [OR] Deborah And Barak Deliver From Canaanites [OR] Deborah And Barak [OR] Deborah And Barak Save Them From Jabin And Sisera [OR] The Song Of Deborah [OR] The Song Of Deborah And Barak [OR] Midianites Oppress Israel [OR] Gideon [OR] Israel Oppressed By Midian [OR] The Midianite Oppression [OR] The Israelites Are Oppressed By Midian (Jud
3:15)
6. Shamgar Defeats the Philistines (Jud
3:31-)
1.) Shamgar, The Third Judge (Jud
3:31)
7. The LORD Calls Barak Through Deborah [4:1-9a] (Jud
4:1-9)
A.) The Third Apostasy And Servitude (Jud
4:1)
1.) Deborah And Barak, The Fourth And Fifth Judges (Jud
4:4)
8. Barak Defeats Jabin [4:9b-24] (Jud
4:10-24)
9. The Victory Song of Deborah and Barak (Jud
5:1-31)
1.) The Song Of Deborah And Barak (Jud
5:1)
10. Israel Sins Again (Jud
6:1-10)
A.) The Fourth Apostasy And Servitude (Jud
6:1)
1.) A Prophet Rebukes Them (Jud
6:8)
11. Gideon Is Chosen to Be a Judge (Jud
6:11-24)
1.) Gideon, The Sixth Judge [OR] Gideon [OR] Gideon Is Visited [OR] The Call Of Gideon [OR] An Angel Sends Gideon For Their Deliverance (Jud
6:11)
(I.) Gideon's Present Is Consumed With Fire (Jud
6:17)
(II.) Gideon Destroys Baal's Altar, And Offers A Sacrifice Upon An Altar To God (Jud
6:24)
12. Gideon Destroys an Altar Dedicated to Baal (Jud
6:25-32)
(I.) Gideon Destroys The Altar Of Baal [OR] The Altar Of Baal Destroyed [OR] Gideon Destroys The Altar Of Baal [OR] Joash Defends His Son, And Calls Him Jerubbaal (Jud
6:28)
13. Gideon Summons an Army (Jud
6:33-40)
(I.) Gideon's Army (Jud
6:33)
(II.) The Sign Of The Fleece [OR] Sign Of The Fleece [OR] The Sign Of The Fleece [OR] Gideon's Signs (Jud
6:36)
14. Gideon Defeats Midian (Jud
7:1-8:21)
1.) The Preparation For Battle [OR] Gideon's Valiant Three Hundred [OR] Gideon Defeats The Midianites [OR] Gideon's 300 Chosen Men [OR] Gideon Surprises And Routs The Midianites [OR] Gideon's Army Of Thirty-Two Thousand Is Reduced To Three Hundred (Jud
7:1)
2.) Gideon's Three Hundred (Jud
7:7)
(I.) He Is Encouraged By The Dream And The Interpretation Of The Barley Cake (Jud
7:9)
3.) The Victory Over Midian [OR] His Stratagem Of Trumpets And Lamps In Pitchers (Jud
7:16)
(I.) Confusion Of The Enemy (Jud
7:19)
(II.) The Ephraimites Take Oreb And Zeeb (Jud
7:24)
4.) The Jealousy Of Ephraim. Events To The Death Of Gideon [OR] Gideon Subdues The Midianites [OR] Zebah And Zalmunna [OR] Zeba And Zalmunna Routed [OR] Gideon's Triumph And Vengeance [OR] Gideon Pacifies The Ephraimites (Jud
8:1)
(I.) Succoth And Penuel Refuse To Relieve Gideon's Army (Jud
8:5)
(II.) Zebah And Zalmunna Are Taken (Jud
8:10)
(III.) Succoth And Penuel Are Destroyed (Jud
8:13)
(IV.) Gideon Avenges His Brothers' Death On Zebah And Zalmunna [OR] Gideon's Ephod [OR] Gideon's Idolatry [OR] He Des To Be Their Ruler (Jud
8:18)
15. Gideon Makes a Gold Idol (Jud
8:22-35)
(I.) His Ephod Is The Cause Of Idolatry (Jud
8:24)
(II.) Gideon's Death [OR] Forty Years Of Peace [OR] Midian Subdued [OR] Death Of Gideon [OR] Gideon's Children, And Death (Jud
8:28)
A.) The Fifth Apostasy: The Time Of Confusion [OR] The Israelites' Idolatry And Ingratitude (Jud
8:33)
16. Abimelech Kills His Brothers (Jud
9:1-6)
1.) The Conspiracy Of Abimelech [OR] Abimelech's Conspiracy [OR] Abimelech [OR] Abimelech Attempts To Establish A Monarchy [OR] Ablimelech, By Conspiracy With The Shechemites, And Murder Of His Brothers, Is Made King. [OR] The Parable Of The Trees [OR] Jotham Rebukes Them And Foretells Their Ruin (Jud
9:1)
17. Jotham's Story (Jud
9:7-21)
18. Abimelech's Battles (Jud
9:22-57)
(I.) Downfall Of Abimelech [OR] Shechem And Abimelech Fall [OR] The Downfall Of Abimelech [OR] Gaal Conspires With The Shechemites Against Abimelech (Jud
9:22)
(II.) Zebul Reveals The Conspiracy (Jud
9:30)
(III.) Abimelech Overcomes Them And Sows The City With Salt (Jud
9:34)
(IV.) He Burns The Stronghold Of The God Berith (Jud
9:46)
(V.) At Thebez He Is Slain By A Piece Of A Millstone (Jud
9:50)
(VI.) Jotham's Curse Is Fulfilled [OR] Tola [OR] Oppression Of Philistines And Ammonites [OR] Tola And Jair [OR] Tola Judges Israel In Shamir [OR] Jair [OR] Jair, Whose Thirty Sons Had Thirty Cities (Jud
9:56)
19. Tola Serves as Judge (Jud
10:1-2)
1.) Tola, The Seventh Judge (Jud
10:1)
20. Jair Serves as Judge (Jud
10:3-5)
1.) Jair, The Eighth Judge (Jud
10:3)
21. Israel Sins Again (Jud
10:6-18)
A.) The Sixth Apostasy And Servitude [OR] Israel Oppressed Again [OR] Jephthah [OR] Oppression By The Ammonites [OR] The Philistines And Ammonites Oppress Israel (Jud
10:6)
1.) In Their Misery, God Chides Them For Their False Gods (Jud
10:10)
2.) Upon Their Repentance, He Pities Them (Jud
10:15)
22. Jephthah Called to Be Judge (Jud
11:1-11)
1.) Jephthah, The Ninth Judge [OR] Jephthah [OR] Jephthah The Ninth Judge [OR] The Covenant Between Jephthah And Gilead (Jud
11:1)
23. The King of Ammon Refuses to Deal With Jephthah (Jud
11:12-28)
(I.) The Ammonites Reject Jephthah's Plea For Peace (Jud
11:12)
24. Jephthah's Vow (Jud
11:29-40)
(I.) Jephthah's Vow And Victory [OR] Jephthah's Tragic Vow [OR] Jephthah's Vow [OR] His Vow And His Conquest Of The Ammonites [OR] Jephthah's Daughter (Jud
11:29)
1.) Jephthah's Awful Vow (Jud
11:30)
25. Ephraim's Jealousy (Jud
12:1-7)
1.) The Second Jealousy Of Ephraim [OR] Jephthah's Conflict With Ephraim [OR] Jephthah And Ephraim [OR] Jephthah And His Successors [OR] Intertribal Dissension [OR] The Ephraimites, Quarreling With Jephthah, Are Slain By The Gileadites (Jud
12:1)
(I.) Jephthah Dies [OR] Ibzan, Elon, And Abdon [OR] Ibzan, Who Had Thirty Sons And Thirty Daughters (Jud
12:7)
26. Ibzan Serves as Judge (Jud
12:8-10)
1.) Ibzan, The Tenth Judge (Jud
12:8)
27. Elon Serves as Judge (Jud
12:11-12)
1.) Elon, The Eleventh Judge [OR] And Elon (Jud
12:11)
28. Abdon Serves as Judge (Jud
12:13-15)
1.) Abdon, The Twelfth Judge [OR] And Abdon Who Had Forty Sons, And Thirty Nephews, Judge Israel [OR] The Birth Of Samson [OR] Philistines Oppress Again [OR] Israel Conquered By The Philistines (Jud
12:13)
29. The Messenger of the LORD Appears to Samson's Parents (Jud
13:1-25)
A.) The Seventh Apostasy And Servitude (Jud
13:1)
1.) The Parents Of Samson [OR] An Angel Appears To Manoah's Wife, And To Manoah (Jud
13:2)
(I.) Manoah's Sacrifice, Whereby The Angel Is Identified (Jud
13:15)
2.) The Birth Of Samson [OR] Samson Is Born (Jud
13:24)
30. Samson Marries a Philistine (Jud
14:1-20)
1.) Samson, The Thirteenth Judge [OR] Samson's Philistine Wife [OR] Samson's Marriage [OR] Samson Desires A Wife Of The Philistines (Jud
14:1)
2.) Samson And The Lion [OR] In His Journey He Kills A Lion (Jud
14:5)
3.) Samson's Riddle [OR] In A Second Journey He Finds Honey In The Carcass (Jud
14:8)
(I.) Samson's Marriage Feast (Jud
14:10)
(II.) Samson's Riddle [OR] His Riddle Is Made Known (Jud
14:12)
4.) Samson At Ashkelon [OR] He Spoils Thirty Philistines (Jud
14:19)
(I.) His Wife Is Married To Another (Jud
14:20)
31. Samson Serves as Judge (Jud
15:1-16:3)
(I.) Samson Defeats The Philistines [OR] Samson's Vengeance On The Philistines [OR] Samson Burns Philistine Crops [OR] Samson Defeats The Philistines [OR] Samson Is Denied His Wife (Jud
15:1)
1.) The Foxes And Firebrands [OR] He Burns The Philistines' Corn (Jud
15:3)
(I.) His Wife And Her Father Are Burned By The Philistines (Jud
15:6)
(II.) Samson Smites Them Hip And Thigh (Jud
15:7)
(III.) He Is Bound By The Men Of Judah And Delivered To The Philistines (Jud
15:9)
2.) Samson Slays A Thousand Philistines [OR] He Kills One Thousand Of Them With A Jawbone (Jud
15:14)
(I.) God Makes The Fountain En-hakkore For Him [OR] Samson And Delilah [OR] Samson's Weakness [OR] Samson At Gaza Escapes And Carries Away The Gates Of The City (Jud
15:18)
3.) Samson At Gaza (Jud
16:1)
32. Samson and Delilah (Jud
16:4-31)
1.) Samson And Delilah [OR] Delilah, Bribed By The Philistines Entices Samson (Jud
16:4)
(I.) She Is Deceived Three Times But At Last Overcomes Him (Jud
16:6)
(II.) Delilah Extracts His Secret (Jud
16:15)
(III.) The Philistines Take Him, And Put Out His Eyes (Jud
16:21)
(IV.) His Strength Renewed, He Pulls Down The House Upon The Philistines, And Dies (Jud
16:22)
2.) The Death Of Samson [OR] Samson Dies With The Philistines [OR] Samson's Death (Jud
16:23)
(I.) Samson Is Avenged (Jud
16:28)
33. Micah's Idolatry (Jud
17:1-13)
I.) Confusion, civil and religious [OR] Micah's Idolatry [OR] Micah's Idols [OR] Micah's Idolatry [OR] Micah and the Levite [OR] Of the money that Micah at first stole, then restored, his mother makes images (Jud
17:1)
A.) Micah's Worship In Self-Will (Jud
17:2)
1.) And The Ornaments For Them (Jud
17:5)
2.) He Hires A Levite To Be His Priest (Jud
17:7)
C. A Picture of Anarchy (Jud 17-21
)
1. Micah Brings Idolatry to the Tribe of Dan (Jud
18:1-31)
A.) The Danite Invasion [OR] The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry [OR] Danites Settle In Laish [OR] Danites Seek Territory [OR] The Migration Of Dan [OR] The Danites Send Five Men To Seek Out An Inheritance (Jud
18:1)
1.) They Consult With Jonathan At The House Of Micah (Jud
18:3)
2.) They Search Laish, And Bring Back News Of Hope (Jud
18:7)
3.) Six Hundred Men Are Sent To Surprise It (Jud
18:11)
4.) Danites Take Micah's Idols [OR] On The Way They Rob Micah Of His Priest And His Consecrated Things (Jud
18:14)
5.) Danites Settle In Laish [OR] The Danites Settle In Laish [OR] They Win Laish And Call It Dan (Jud
18:27)
B.) The Danite Idolatry [OR] They Set Up Idolatry (Jud
18:30)
2. Sexual Immorality (Jud
19:1-30)
A.) The Levite And His Concubine [OR] The Levite's Concubine [OR] A Levite And His Concubine [OR] A Levite's Concubine Degraded [OR] A Levite Goes To Beth-Lehem To Fetch Home His Wife (Jud
19:1)
1.) An Old Man Entertains Him At Gibeah [OR] Gibeah's Crime [OR] The Gibeathites Cause His Concubine's Death (Jud
19:16)
2.) He Divides Her Into Twelve Pieces To Send Them To The Twelve Tribes (Jud
19:29)
3. Israel Slaughters the Tribe of Benjamin (Jud
20:1-48)
A.) The Civil War [OR] Israel's War With The Benjamites [OR] Israelites Fight The Benjamites [OR] Resolve To Punish The Guilty [OR] The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin [OR] The Levite In A General Assembly Declares His Wrong (Jud
20:1)
1.) The Decree Of The Assembly (Jud
20:8)
2.) Civil War, Benjamin Defeated [OR] The Israelites In Two Battles With The Benjamites Lose Forty Thousand (Jud
20:18)
3.) By A Stratagem They Destroy All The Benjamites Except Six Hundred (Jud 20:26)
)
4. Israel Provides Wives for the Surviving Men of Benjamin (Jud
21:1-25)
A.) Mourning For A Lost Tribe [OR] Wives Provided For The Benjamites [OR] Wives For The Benjamites [OR] Mourning Lost Tribe [OR] The Benjaminites Saved From Extinction [OR] The People Bewail The Desolation Of Benjamin (Jud
21:1)
1.) Provision For Their Survival [OR] By Destroying Jabesh-Gilead They Provide The Tribe Of Benjamin With Four Hundred Wives (Jud
21:8)
2.) They Advise Them To Surprise The Virgins Who Dance At Shiloh (Jud 21:16)
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