3D Bible Studies

Diligence, Discovery, Delight

JUDGES: FAILURE

PROLOGUE: MILITARY FAILURE,
1:1-3:6

HISTORY OF THE JUDGES,
3:7-16:31

EPILOGUE: MORAL FAILURE,
17-21

Incomplete conquest,
1:1-2:5

Othniel, Ehod & Shamgar,
3

Micah & Danites,
17-18

Israel's disobedience,
2:6-3:6

Deborah & Barak,
4-5

A Levite, his concubine & the Benjamites,
19-21

Gideon & Abimelech,
6-9

Tola & Jair,
10:1-5

Jephthah,
10:6-12:7

Ibzan, Elon & Abdon,
12:8-15

Samson,
13-16

Major characters #

  • Deborah (“bee, eloquent”)
  • Gideon (“feller, cutter-down”)
  • Samson (“of the sun, sun-like”)

Major themes #

  • Idolatry and evil leads to oppression
  • Calling upon the Lord results in salvation
  • Deliverer brings rest during his lifetime

Major words/phrases #

  • “did evil in the sight of the LORD,” 2:11; 3:7, 12; 4:1; 6:1
  • “the children of Israel cried out to the LORD,” 3:9, 15; 4:3; 6:6-7; 10:10
  • “the land had rest for… years,” 3:11, 30; 5:31
  • “in those days there was no king in Israel,” 17:6; 21:25 (cp. 18:1; 19:1)

Christ in all the Scriptures #

  • Angel of the Lord, 6
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