| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Israel's failure to complete the conquest of Canaan (1:1-36) 1:2"Judah shall attack: I have delivered the land into his power." | Judah attack first | 31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) 20:18the LORD said, "Judah shall go first." |
| 2 Israel's unfaithfulness (2:1-3:6) 2:12 Abandoning the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had led them out of the land of Egypt, they followed the other gods of the various nations around them, and by their worship of these gods provoked the LORD. | Idolatry | 30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 17:4 Then his mother said, "May the LORD bless my son! I have consecrated the silver to the LORD as my gift in favor of my son, by making a carved idol overlaid with silver." It remained in the house of Micah. |
| 3 Othniel (3:7-11) 3:10 The spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. | Judging Israel | 29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 16:31He had judged Israel for twenty years. |
| 4 Ehud (3:12-30) 3:26 During their delay Ehud made good his escape and, passing the idols, took refuge in Seirah. 3:27 On his arrival he sounded the horn in the mountain region of Ephraim, | Escaping from enemy, going up mountain | 28 Samson and Delilah (16:1-22) 16:3 Samson rested there until midnight. Then he rose, seized the doors of the city gate and the two gateposts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He hoisted them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the ridge opposite Hebron. |
| 5 Shamgar (3:31) 3:31who slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. | Killing many person with a stick | 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:15 Near him was the fresh jawbone of an ass; he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men. |
| 6 Deborah and Barak (4:1-24) 4:9 for the LORD will have Sisera fall into the power of a woman." | Being cheated by a woman | 26 Samson and three hundred foxes (15:1-8) 15:2 I thought it certain you wished to repudiate her; so I gave her to your best man (15:2) |
| 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 5:30 Spoils of dyed cloth as Sisera's spoil, an ornate shawl or two for me in the spoil (5:30) | Clothes of dead person | 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 14:19 he killed thirty of their men and despoiled them; he gave their garments to those who had answered the riddle (14:19) |
| 8 The call of Gideon (6:1-24) 6:21 the angel of the LORD stretched out the tip of the staff he held, and touched the meat and unleavened cakes. Thereupon a fire came up from the rock which consumed the meat and unleavened cakes, and the angel of the LORD disappeared from sight. | Miracle of angel | 24 The prophecy of Samson's birth (13:1-25) 13:20 as the flame rose to the sky from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. |
| 9 Gideon destroys the altar of Baal (6:25-32) 6:25 That same night the LORD said to him, "Take the seven-year-old spare bullock and destroy your father's altar to Baal and cut down the sacred pole that is by it. | 7, domestic animal | 23 Abdon (12:13-15) 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy saddle-asses. |
| 10 The sign of the Fleece (6:33-40) 6:35through Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, likewise, he sent messengers and these tribes advanced to meet the others. | Zebulun | 22 Elon (12:11-12) 12:11 After him the Zebulunite Elon judged Israel. |
| 11 Gideon surprises and routs the Midianites (7:1-25) 7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three companies (7:16) | Three hundred / thirty | 21 Ibzan (12:8-10) 12:9 He had thirty sons. He also had thirty daughters |
| 12 Gideon and Ephraim (8:1-3) 8:1 But the Ephraimites said to him, "What have you done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they quarreled bitterly with him. | Ephraimites complain | 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 12:1 The men of Ephraim gathered together and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why do you go on to fight with the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house over you." |
| 13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) 8:16 He took the elders of the city, and thorns and briers of the desert, and ground these men of Succoth into them. 8:17 He also demolished the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city. | Israel is defeated because of rage of the LORD | 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 10:6 The Israelites again offended the LORD, serving the Baals and Ashtaroths, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Since they had abandoned the LORD and would not serve him, 10:7 the LORD became angry with Israel and allowed them to fall into the power of (the Philistines and) the Ammonites. 10:8 For eighteen years they afflicted and oppressed the Israelites in Bashan, and all the Israelites in the Amorite land beyond the Jordan in Gilead. |
| 14 Gideon's idolatry (8:22-28) 8:22 The Israelites then said to Gideon, "Rule over us--you, your son, and your son's son--for you rescued us from the power of Midian." | Reign of sons | 18 Jair (10:3-5) 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty saddle-asses and possessed thirty cities |
| 15 Death of Gideon (8:29-35) 8:34 and forgetting the LORD, their God, who had delivered them from the power of their enemies all around them. | Salvation for Israel | 17 Tola (10:1-2) 10:1 After Abimelech there rose to save Israel the Issacharite Tola, son of Puah, son of Dodo, |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Israel's failure to complete the conquest of Canaan (1:1-36) 1:7"Seventy kings, with their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so has God repaid me." | Responsibility of seventy persons' death | 16 The downfall of Abimelech (9:1-57) 9:56 Thus did God requite the evil Abimelech had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. |
| 2 Israel's unfaithfulness (2:1-3:6) 2:8 Joshua, son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, was a hundred and ten years old when he died; 2:9 and they buried him within the borders of his heritage at Timnath-heres in the mountain region of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. 2:10 But once the rest of that generation were gathered to their fathers, and a later generation arose that did not know the LORD, or what he had done for Israel, | Disobeying the LORD after death of leader | 15 Death of Gideon (8:29-35) 8:33 But after Gideon was dead, the Israelites again abandoned themselves to the Baals, making Baal of Berith their god |
| 3 Othniel (3:7-11) 3:11 The land then was at rest for forty years, | Peace of forty years | 14 Gideon's idolatry (8:22-28) 8:28 Thus was Midian brought into subjection by the Israelites; no longer did they hold their heads high. And the land had rest for forty years, during the lifetime of Gideon. |
| 4 Ehud (3:12-30) 3:21 and then Ehud with his left hand drew the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into Eglon's belly. | Killing a foreign king | 13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) 8:21So Gideon stepped forward and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. He also took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels. |
| 5 Shamgar (3:31) 3:31 He, too, rescued Israel | The person who rescue Israel | 12 Gideon and Ephraim (8:1-3) 8:2 What have I accomplished now in comparison with you? (8:2) |
| 6 Deborah and Barak (4:1-24) 4:15 And the LORD put Sisera and all his chariots and all his forces to rout before Barak. Sisera himself dismounted from his chariot and fled on foot.(4:15) | The LORD confuses enemies | 11 Gideon surprises and routs the Midianites (7:1-25) 7:22 But the three hundred men kept blowing the horns, and throughout the camp the LORD set the sword of one against another. The army fled as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zarethan, near the border of Abel-meholah at Tabbath.(7:22) |
| 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 5:14 From Ephraim, princes were in the valley; behind you was Benjamin, among your troops. From Machir came down commanders, from Zebulun wielders of the marshal's staff.(5:14) | People of Israel gather | 10 The sign of the Fleece (6:33-40) 6:35 He sent messengers, too, throughout Manasseh, which also obeyed his summons; through Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, likewise, he sent messengers and these tribes advanced to meet the others.(6:35) |
| 8 The call of Gideon (6:1-24) 6:24 So Gideon built there an altar to the LORD and called it Yahweh-shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.(6:24) | An altar, naming | 9 Gideon destroys the altar of Baal (6:25-32) 6:32 So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, because of the words, "Let Baal take action against him, since he destroyed his altar."(6:32) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 16 The downfall of Abimelech (9:1-57) War with Abimelech@(9:25-57) | War within Israel | 31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) War with Benjaminites@(20:1-48) |
| 17 Tola (10:1-2) 10:1a resident of Shamir in the mountain region of Ephraim. | Dwelling on mountain region of Ephraim | 30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 17:1 There was a man in the mountain region of Ephraim whose name was Micah. |
| 18 Jair (10:3-5) 10:3 Jair the Gileadite came after him and judged Israel twenty-two years. | Judging Israel | 29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 16:31He had judged Israel for twenty years. |
| 18 Jair (10:3-5) 10:5 Jair died and was buried in Kamon. | Buried | 29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 16:31 All his family and kinsmen went down and bore him up for burial in the grave of his father Manoah between Zorah and Eshtaol. |
| 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 10:15 But the Israelites said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do to us whatever you please. Only save us this day." 10:16 And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the LORD, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel. | The LORD leaves and returns | 28 Samson and Delilah (16:1-22) 16:19 She had him sleep on her lap, and called for a man who shaved off his seven locks of hair. Then she began to mistreat him, for his strength had left him. 16:20 When she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!", and he woke from his sleep, he thought he could make good his escape as he had done time and again, for he did not realize that the LORD had left him. 16:21 But the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze fetters, and he was put to grinding in the prison. 16:22 But the hair of his head began to grow as soon as it was shaved off. |
| 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 11:5 When this occurred the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob. | People go to get him back | 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:11 Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cavern in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are our rulers? Why, then, have you done this to us?" |
| 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 11:29 The spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. | The spirit of the LORD comes upon | 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:14 When he reached Lehi, and the Philistines came shouting to meet him, the spirit of the LORD came upon him: the ropes around his arms became as flax that is consumed by fire and his bonds melted away from his hands. |
| 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 11:33 so that he inflicted a severe defeat on them, from Aroer to the approach of Minnith (twenty cities in all) and as far as Abel-keramin. Thus were the Ammonites brought into subjection by the Israelites. | Defeating foreign country | 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:15 Near him was the fresh jawbone of an ass; he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men. |
| 21 Ibzan (12:8-10) 12:9 He had thirty sons. He also had thirty daughters married outside the family, and he brought in as wives for his sons thirty young women from outside the family. (12:9) | Marriage | 26 Samson and three hundred foxes (15:1-8) 15:2 I thought it certain you wished to repudiate her; so I gave her to your best man (15:2) |
| 22 Elon (12:11-12) 12:11 After him the Zebulunite Elon judged Israel. When he had judged Israel for ten years,(12:11) | Ruler of Israel | 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 14:4 at this time the Philistines dominated Israel (14:4) |
| 23 Abdon (12:13-15) 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy saddle-asses. After having judged Israel for eight years,(12:14) | 40 | 24 The prophecy of Samson's birth (13:1-25) 13:1 The Israelites again offended the LORD, who therefore delivered them into the power of the Philistines for forty years.(13:1) |