Title: The Book of Judges
Subtitle: JUDGES - Named after the "Judges of Israel," the heroic leaders whose deeds it records, this book covers a period of time from the death of Joshua to the birth of Samuel, an era often called "the dark ages" of Hebrew history. Here is a story, on the human side, of disobedience and disaster, and on the divine side, of direction and deliverance. Of the 13 judges named, only 3 are well known: Deborah, Gideon, and Samson.
Author: Prophet Samuel?

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The Book of Judges

JUDGES - Named after the "Judges of Israel," the heroic leaders whose deeds it records, this book covers a period of time from the death of Joshua to the birth of Samuel, an era often called "the dark ages" of Hebrew history. Here is a story, on the human side, of disobedience and disaster, and on the divine side, of direction and deliverance. Of the 13 judges named, only 3 are well known: Deborah, Gideon, and Samson.

Author: Prophet Samuel?


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

kjv@Deuteronomy:1:9-18 Appointing Judges: (recalled)
kjv@Judges:1 Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites
kjv@Judges:2:1-5 The Angel of the LORD at Bokim
kjv@Judges:2:6:3-6 Disobedience and Defeat
kjv@Judges:3:7-11 Othniel
kjv@Judges:3:12-30 Ehud
kjv@Judges:3:31 Shamgar
kjv@Judges:4 Deborah
kjv@Judges:5 The Song of Deborah
kjv@Judges:6 Gideon
kjv@Judges:7 Gideon Defeats the Midianites
kjv@Judges:8:1-21 Zebah and Zalmunna
kjv@Judges:8:22-27 Gideon's Ephod
kjv@Judges:8:28-35 Gideon's Death
kjv@Judges:9 Abimelech
kjv@Judges:10:1-2 Tola
kjv@Judges:10:3-5 Jair
kjv@Judges:10:6-11:40 Jephthah
kjv@Judges:12:1-7 Jephthah and Ephraim
kjv@Judges:12:8-15 Ibzan, Elon and Abdon
kjv@Judges:13 The Birth of Samson
kjv@Judges:14 Samson's Marriage
kjv@Judges:15 Samson's Vengeance on the Philistines
kjv@Judges:16:1-22 Samson and Delilah
kjv@Judges:16:23-31 The Death of Samson
kjv@Judges:17 Micah:'s Idols
kjv@Judges:18 Danites Settle in Laish
kjv@Judges:19 A Levite and His Concubine
kjv@Judges:20 Israelites Fight the Benjamites
kjv@Judges:21 Wives for the Benjamites
kjv@2Chronicles:19:4-11 Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges:

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Judges, Book of @ is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the "judges." The book of Ruth originally formed part of this book, but about A.D. 450 it was separated from it and placed in the Hebrew scriptures immediately after the Song of Solomon. The book contains,

(1.) An introduction (1-3:6), connecting it with the previous narrative in Joshua, as a "link in the chain of books."

(2.) The history of the thirteen judges (3:7-16:31) in the following order: FIRST PERIOD (3:7-ch. 5) Years I. Servitude under Chushan-rishathaim of Mesopotamia 8 1. OTHNIEL delivers Israel, rest 40 II. Servitude under Eglon of Moab: Ammon, Amalek 18 2. EHUD'S deliverance, rest 80 3. SHAMGAR Unknown. III. Servitude under Jabin of Hazor in Canaan 20 4. DEBORAH and, 5. BARAK 40

(206) SECOND PERIOD (6-10:5) IV. Servitude under Midian, Amalek, and children of the east 7 6. GIDEON 40 ABIMELECH, Gideon's son, reigns as king over Israel 3 7. TOLA 23 8. JAIR 22

(95) THIRD PERIOD (10:6-ch. 12) V. Servitude under Ammonites with the Philistines 18 9. JEPHTHAH 6 10. IBZAN 7 11. ELON 10 12. ABDON 8

(49) FOURTH PERIOD (13-16) VI. Seritude under Philistines 40 13. SAMSON 20

(60) In all 410 Samson's exploits probably synchronize with the period immediately preceding the national repentance and reformation under Samuel ( kjv@1Samuel:7:2-6). After Samson came Eli, who was both high priest and judge. He directed the civil and religious affairs of the people for forty years, at the close of which the Philistines again invaded the land and oppressed it for twenty years. Samuel was raised up to deliver the people from this oppression, and he judged Israel for some twelve years, when the direction of affairs fell into the hands of Saul, who was anointed king. If Eli and Samuel are included, there were then fifteen judges. But the chronology of this whole period is uncertain.

(3.) The historic section of the book is followed by an appendix (17-21), which has no formal connection with that which goes before. It records (a) the conquest (17, 18) of Laish by a portion of the tribe of Dan; and (b) the almost total extinction of the tribe of Benjamin by the other tribes, in consequence of their assisting the men of Gibeah (19-21). This section properly belongs to the period only a few years after the death of Joshua. It shows the religious and moral degeneracy of the people. The author of this book was most probably Samuel. The internal evidence both of the first sixteen chapters and of the appendix warrants this conclusion. It was probably composed during Saul's reign, or at the very beginning of David's. The words in 18:30-31, imply that it was written after the taking of the ark by the Philistines, and after it was set up at Nob ( kjv@1Samuel:21). In David's reign the ark was at Gibeon ( kjv@1Chronicles:16:39)

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