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| 1 Israel's failure to complete the conquest of Canaan (1:1-36) 1:4 When the forces of Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their power, and they slew ten thousand of them in Bezek.(1:4) | Victories against Canaanites | 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 5:19 The kings came and fought; then they fought, those kings of Canaan, At Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; no silver booty did they take.(5:19) |
| 2 Israel's unfaithfulness (2:1-3:6) 3:3 the five lords of the Philistines; and all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwell in the mountain region of Lebanon between Baal-hermon and the entrance to Hamath. | Invasion by Canaanites | 6 Deborah and Barak (4:1-24) 4:2 So the LORD allowed them to fall into the power of the Canaanite king, Jabin, who reigned in Hazor. |
| 3 Othniel (3:7-11) 3:10 The spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. | Activity of judges | 5 Shamgar (3:31) 3:31 After him there was Shamgar, son of Anath, who slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He, too, rescued Israel. |
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| 1 Israel's failure to complete the conquest of Canaan (1:1-36) 1:4 When the forces of Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their power, and they slew ten thousand of them in Bezek. | Defeating ten thousand | 4 Ehud (3:12-30) 3:29 On that occasion they slew about ten thousand Moabites, all of them strong and valiant men. Not a man escaped. |
| 2 Israel's unfaithfulness (2:1-3:6) 2:11 the Israelites offended the LORD by serving the Baals. | Serving the Baals and offending the LORD | 3 Othniel (3:7-11) 3:7 Because the Israelites had offended the LORD by forgetting the LORD, their God, and serving the Baals and the Asherahs, |
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| 4 Ehud (3:12-30) 3:30 Thus was Moab brought under the power of Israel at that time; and the land had rest for eighty years.(3:30) | Duration of peace | 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 5:31 May all your enemies perish thus, O LORD! but your friends be as the sun rising in its might! And the land was at rest for forty years.(5:31) |
| 5 Shamgar (3:31) 3:31 After him there was Shamgar, son of Anath, who slew six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. | After Ehud | 6 Deborah and Barak (4:1-24) 4:1 After Ehud's death, however, the Israelites again offended the LORD. 4:2 So the LORD allowed them to fall into the power of the Canaanite king, Jabin, who reigned in Hazor. |
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| 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) 5:17 Gilead, beyond the Jordan, rests; why does Dan spend his time in ships? Asher, who dwells along the shore, is resting in his coves.(5:17) | Person who didnt cooperate with the war | 13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) 8:6 But the princes of Succoth replied, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give food to your army?"(8:6) |
| 8 The call of Gideon (6:1-24) 6:14 The LORD turned to him and said, "Go with the strength you have and save Israel from the power of Midian. It is I who send you."(6:14) | Salvation from Midian | 12 Gideon and Ephraim (8:1-3) 8:3 Into your power God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb (8:3) |
| 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.(6:25) | The LORD's command and fulfillment of Gideon | 11 Gideon surprises and routs the Midianites (7:1-25) 7:9 That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Go, descend on the camp, for I have delivered it up to you.(7:9) |
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| 7 The Song of Deborah (5:1-31) see 1-1-1 | see 1-1-1 | 10 The sign of the Fleece (6:33-40) see 1-1-1 |
| 8 The call of Gideon (6:1-24) see 1-1-1 | see 1-1-1 | 9 Gideon destroys the altar of Baal (6:25-32) see 1-1-1 |
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| 10 The sign of the Fleece (6:33-40) 6:37 I shall know that you will save Israel through me, as you promised (6:37) | To request a sign | 13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) 8:6 Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give food to your army? (8:6) |
| 11 Gideon surprises and routs the Midianites (7:1-25) 7:25 They captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian and carried the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.(7:25) | Victory against Midian | 12 Gideon and Ephraim (8:1-3) 8:3 Into your power God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb (8:3) |
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| 13 Gideon's vengeance (8:4-21) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) see 1-1 |
| 14 Gideon's idolatry (8:22-28) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 18 Jair (10:3-5) see 1-1 |
| 15 Death of Gideon (8:29-35) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 17 Tola (10:1-2) see 1-1 |
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| 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. | Slaughter caused by Gideon's family | 16 The downfall of Abimelech (9:1-57) 9:5 He then went to his ancestral house in Ophrah, and slew his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. Only the youngest son of Jerubbaal, Jotham, escaped, for he was hidden. |
| 14 Gideon's idolatry (8:22-28) 8:27 Gideon made an ephod out of the gold and placed it in his city Ophrah. However, all Israel paid idolatrous homage to it there, and caused the ruin of Gideon and his family. | Forgetting the LORD | 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. |
| 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." | Sons of Gideon | 15 Death of Gideon (8:29-35) 8:30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his direct descendants, for he had many wives. |
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| 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. 9:57 God also brought all their wickedness home to the Shechemites, | Punishment against evil | 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 10:7 the LORD became angry with Israel and allowed them to fall into the power of (the Philistines and) the Ammonites. (10:7) |
| 17 Tola (10:1-2) 10:2 When he had judged Israel twenty-three years, | Judging Israel | 18 Jair (10:3-5) 10:3 Jair the Gileadite came after him and judged Israel twenty-two years. |
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| 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 10:7 Yahweh's anger then grew hot against Israel and he gave them over into the power of the Philistines and the power of the Ammonites (10:7) | the Philistines dominated Israel | 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 14:4 at this time the Philistines dominated Israel (14:4) |
| 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 11:39 At the end of the two months she returned to her father, who did to her as he had vowed. She had not been intimate with man. It then became a custom in Israel(11:39) | The child is devoted to the God | 24 The prophecy of Samson's birth (13:1-25) 13:5 As for the son you will conceive and bear, no razor shall touch his head, for this boy is to be consecrated to God from the womb. It is he who will begin the deliverance of Israel from the power of the Philistines."(13:5) |
| 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. After having judged Israel for seven years,(12:9) | Judges have many children | 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) |
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| 19 Oppression by the Ammonites (10:6-16) 10:7 the LORD became angry with Israel and allowed them to fall into the power of (the Philistines and) the Ammonites.(10:7) | Judging Israel | 22 Elon (12:11-12) 12:11 After him the Zebulunite Elon judged Israel. When he had judged Israel for ten years,(12:11) |
| 20 Jephthah (10:17-12:7) 12:7 After having judged Israel for six years, Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.(12:7) | Judging Israel | 21 Ibzan (12:8-10) 12:8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.(12:8) |
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| 22 Elon (12:11-12) see 1-1-2 | see 1-1-2 | 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) see 1-1-2 |
| 23 Abdon (12:13-15) see 1-1-2 | see 1-1-2 | 24 The prophecy of Samson's birth (13:1-25) see 1-1-2 |
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| 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 14:17 On the seventh day, since she importuned him, he told her the answer, and she explained the riddle to her countrymen (14:17) | Betrayal of a wife | 31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) 19:2 His concubine was unfaithful to him and left him for her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah (19:2) |
| 26 Samson and three hundred foxes (15:1-8) 15:6 So the Philistines went up and destroyed her and her family by fire (15:6) | Killing by fire | 30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 18:27 they put them to the sword and destroyed their city by fire (18:27) |
| 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:20 Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. | Judgment of Samson | 29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 16:31He had judged Israel for twenty years. |
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| 25 Samson's marriage (14:1-20) 14:17 On the seventh day, since she importuned him, he told her the answer, and she explained the riddle to her countrymen (14:17) | Betrayal of a wife | 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.(16:19) |
| 26 Samson and three hundred foxes (15:1-8) 15:8 he inflicted a great slaughter on them (15:8) | Slaughter by Samson | 27 Samson defeats the Philistines (15:9-20) 15:15 he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men (15:15) |
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| 28 Samson and Delilah (16:1-22) 16:2 Informed that Samson had come there, the men of Gaza surrounded him with an ambush at the city gate all night long. And all the night they waited, saying, "Tomorrow morning we will kill him." | House is surrounded at night | 31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) 19:22 While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, who were corrupt, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man whose house it was, "Bring out your guest, that we may abuse him." |
| 28 Samson and Delilah (16:1-22) 16:15 Then she said to him, "How can you say that you love me when you do not confide in me? Three times already you have mocked me, and not told me the secret of your great strength!" 16:16 She importuned him continually and vexed him with her complaints till he was deathly weary of them. 16:17 So he took her completely into his confidence and told her, | Success after trials and errors | 31 Gibeah's crime (19:1-21:25) 20:32 Therefore the Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before"; not realizing that disaster was about to overtake them. The Israelites, however, had planned the flight so as to draw them away from the city onto the highways. |
| 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. | People come from Zorah and Eshtaol | 30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 18:2 So the Danites sent from their clan a detail of five valiant men of Zorah and Eshtaol, to reconnoiter the land and scout it. |
| 29 Samson's death (16:23-31) 16:23 The lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to make merry. They said, "Our god has delivered into our power Samson our enemy." | Misunderstanding of god's blessing | 30 The migration of Dan (17:1-18:31) 17:13 Therefore Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, since the Levite has become my priest." |