Judges - “In Those Days There Was No King in Israel; Everyone Did What Was Right in His Own Eyes”!
I. Judges 1-3:6 Introduction: Incomplete Conquest and the Pattern of Failure
1. Judah and Simeon Continue the Conquest After Joshua
2. The Failure of the Tribes to Drive Out the Canaanites
3. The Angel of the LORD Rebukes Israel at Bochim
4. The Death of Joshua and the Rise of a New Generation
5. The Cycle of Sin, Oppression, Crying Out, and Deliverance
6. Nations Left to Test Israel
II. Judges 3:7-16:31 The History of the Judges
7. Othniel Delivers Israel from Cushan-Rishathaim
8. Ehud Delivers Israel from Eglon of Moab
9. Shamgar Delivers Israel from the Philistines
10. Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera; the Song of Deborah
11. Gideon Is Called and Destroys the Altar of Baal
12. Gideon Defeats the Midianites with 300 Men
13. Gideon’s Ephod and the Death of Gideon
14. Abimelech’s Conspiracy and the Parable of Jotham
15. Tola and Jair Judge Israel
16. Jephthah Delivers Israel from the Ammonites and His Tragic Vow
17. Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon Judge Israel
18. The Birth of Samson and the Angel’s Announcement
19. Samson’s Marriage and Riddle
20. Samson’s Feats Against the Philistines
21. Samson and Delilah; His Death and Final Victory
III. Judges 17-21 Appendix: Moral and Religious Decline
22. Micah’s Idol and the Wandering Levite
23. The Danites Take Micah’s Idol and Settle in Laish
24. The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah
25. Civil War Against Benjamin
26. Wives Provided for the Surviving Benjamites