Judges
From Commontary
The Book of Judges
Contents |
Author
Date
Occasion & Purpose
Themes
Outline
I. Mixed Results of the Conquest
Judges 1:1-36 Judah Attacks Canaan; Benjamin Fails to Remove the Jebusites from Jerusalem
Judges 2:1-9 The Angel of YHWH at Bokim; the Death of Joshua
Judges 2:10-3:6 The Faithless Generation and the Judges YHWH Raised Up
II. The Accounts of the Judges
Judges 3:7-31 Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar
Judges 4:1-24 Deborah (Barak, Sisera, and Jael)
Judges 5:1-31 The Song of Deborah
Judges 6:1-40 Gideon's Tests of YHWH
Judges 7:1-25 Gideon Defeats the Midianites
Judges 8:1-35 Gideon Kills Zebah and Zalmunna, fashions an ephod, and dies
Judges 9:1-57 Abimelech and the Curse of Jotham
Judges 10:1-18 Tola, Jair, and the Need for a Deliverer in Gilead
Judges 11:1-28 Jephthah's Return to Gilead, Victory Over Sihon
Judges 11:29-40 Jephthah's Rash Vow, Victory, and Fulfillment of the Vow
Judges 12:1-15 Jephthah, Ephraim, and "Shibboleth"; Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
Judges 13:1-25 The Miraculous Birth of Samson
Judges 14:1-20 Samson Takes a Philistine Wife
Judges 15:1-20 Samson's Revenge on the Philistines
Judges 16:1-22 Delilah and Samson's Fall
Judges 16:23-31 Samson's Final Victory in Death
III. Israel Has No King, and Everyone Does as He Sees Fit
Judges_17:1-13 Micah and the Levite
Judges 18:1-31 The Danites Steal Micah's Idol and Priest, and Steal Land from Laish
Judges 19:1-30 The Levite and the Concubine
Judges 20:1-48 All Israel Punishes Benjamin for its Crime
Judges 21:1-25 Israel Feels Remorse, and Gives Women to Benjamin
