BOOK 7. JUDGES.
BOOK 7. JUDGES.
BOOK 7. JUDGES.
BOOK 7. JUDGES.

The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the Books of Samuel, during which Biblical judges served as temporary leaders. The stories follow a consistent pattern. The people are unfaithful to their God, Yahweh, and He turns them into over to their enemies. The people repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which He sends in the form of a judicial leader or champion who delivers the Israelites from oppression and they prosper. But soon they fall again into unfaithfulness and the cycle is repeated over and over. The pattern also expresses a repeating cycle of wars. But in the last verse (Judges 21:25), there is a hint that the cycle can be broken with the establishment of a monarchy.

BOOK SEVEN. JUDGES. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 21. . . . .
BOOK SEVEN. JUDGES. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 21. . . . .
BOOK SEVEN. JUDGES. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 21. . . . .
BOOK SEVEN. JUDGES. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 21. . . . .
				
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 1. Judah defeated the Canaanites and took Jerusalem. Joseph put Bethel to the sword. But the Canaanites were not driven out completely.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 2. After Joshua's generation died the Israelites served Baals. The LORD sold them to their enemies but raised up judges to deliver them.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 3. After Othniel died the Israelites did evil. King Eglon defeated them. The LORD raised up Ehud who thrust a sword into Eglon's belly.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 4. Jabin and Sisera oppressed Israel. Deborah sent Barak against them and the LORD routed them. Jael drove a peg through Sisera's head.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 5. Deborah and Barak sang: "When leaders lead and people are willing, praise the LORD! Blessed is Jael; Let your enemies perish, O LORD!"
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 6. The LORD gave the Israelites to Midian. The angel of the LORD told Gideon to save Israel and gave him a sign. Gideon gathered an army.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 7. The LORD told Gideon to send away all but 300 men. The 300 crept into the Midianite camp. They blew trumpets and the Midianites fled.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 8. Gideon defeated Zebah and Zalmunna and punished Succoth and Penuel. He refused to rule Israel. When Gideon died Israel served Baals.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 9. Abimelech killed his brothers and ruled over Israel. Gaal rose against him. Abimelech destroyed Shechem but was killed by a millstone.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 10. Again the Israelites did evil. The LORD sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites. They cried out and put aside foreign gods.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 11. Jephthah vowed to sacrifice whatever came out to meet him if he defeated the Ammonites. His daughter met him so he sacrificed her.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 12. The Ephraimites attacked Jephthah. Jephthah and the Gileadites defeated them and caught survivors by making them say 'Shibboleth'.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 13. The LORD gave Israel to the Philistines. The angel of the LORD told Manoah's wife that she would conceive. She named her son Samson.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 14. Samson took a Philistine wife. He killed a lion and bees made honey in the carcass. He posed a riddle but his wife explained it.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 15. Samson's wife married another man so Samson burned the Philistine crops. The Israelites bound him. He killed a thousand Philistines.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 16. Samson loved Delilah. She had his hair shaved so he lost his strength and was captured. He died pulling down the Philistine temple.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 17. Micah set up a shrine. There was no king so everyone did what was right in their own eyes. Micah appointed a Levite as his priest.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 18. Spies from Dan stayed with Micah. When the Danites went against Laish they took Micah's idol and his priest. They named the city Dan.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 19. A Levite came to Gibeah. The men of the city raped his concubine until she died. He cut up her body and sent a piece to each tribe.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 20. The Israelites gathered to attack Gibeah. The Benjaminites defended the city but they were defeated and only 600 of them survived.
BOOK SIX. JUDGES CHAPTER 21. The Israelites grieved that a tribe would be cut off. They destroyed Jabesh-gilead and captured wives for the remaining Benjaminites.

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