Judges 1 – Judah Leads the Fight After Joshua’s Death
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Judges
The Book of Judges records the period after the death of Joshua when Israel had no king and everyone did what was right in their own eyes. In a recurring cycle, the people of Israel fell into sin, experienced oppression, then cried out to the Lord, and God raised up a judge to save them. This book highlights the consequences of disobedience and the importance of leadership that fears the Lord.
Author: Unknown (possibly the prophet Samuel)
Date of Writing: Around 1050–1000 BC, based on reflections on the period before the establishment of the kingdom of Israel.
Judges 2 – The Angel of the LORD at Bochim and Israel’s Idolatry
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Judges 3 – The Nations Left in Canaan, Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar
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Judges 4 – Deborah and Barak
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Judges 5 – Deborah’s Song
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Judges 6 – Gideon Appointed as Judge
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Judges 7 – Gideon Dismisses the Enemy
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Judges 8 – Midian Defeated, Their Kings Killed, and Gideon’s Later Life
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Judges 9 – Abimelech Becomes King in Shechem, and Abimelech Dies Struck by a Stone
1 Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers and said to them and to all the clan of his mother’s family: 2 “Please say in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, Which is better for you, that all seventy sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that … Baca Selengkapnya
Judges 10 – Tola and Jair; Israel Oppressed by the Ammonites
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Judges 11 – Jephthah and Gilead, Jephthah and the Ammonites, Jephthah’s Vow
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Judges 12 – Jephthah and Ephraim, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
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Judges 13 – The Birth of Samson
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Judges 14 – Samson’s Marriage and Riddle
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Judges 15 – Samson Fights the Philistines
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Judges 16 – Samson in Gaza, Samson and Delilah, Samson’s Death
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Judges 17 – Micah’s Idol
Micah makes a private shrine, sets up an idol, and hires a Levite as his priest in a time when everyone did what seemed right in his own eyes.
Judges 18 – Micah’s Idol Is Taken by the Danites
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Judges 19 – The Outrage at Gibeah
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Judges 20 – Israel’s War Against Benjamin
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Judges 21 – The Benjamites Are Allowed to Survive
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