1 After Joshua's death the people of Israel asked the Lord,“Which of our tribes should be the first to go and attack the Canaanites?” 2 The Lord answered, “The tribe of Judah will go first. I am giving them control of the land.” 3 The people of Judah said to the people of...
The book of Judges depicts the life of Israel in the promised land from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy. On the one hand, it is an account of frequent apostasy, provoking divine chastening. On the other hand, it tells of urgent appeals to God in times of crisis, movi...
20 So he judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Samson’s Weakness 16 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and had relations with her. 2 When it was reported to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay ...
Israel's flawed condition was graphically exposed; they continued to need new saving acts by God in order to enter into the promised rest (see note on Jos 1:13). Out of the recurring cycles of disobedience, foreign oppression, cries of distress, and deliverance (see 2:11-19; Ne 9:26-...
The Song of Deborah - On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people
The Israelites Punish the Benjamites - Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before
Israel's flawed condition was graphically exposed; they continued to need new saving acts by God in order to enter into the promised rest (see note on Jos 1:13). Out of the recurring cycles of disobedience, foreign oppression, cries of distress, and deliverance (see 2:11-19; Ne 9:26-...
Midianites Oppress Israel - Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for
18 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 2 So the Danites sent five of their leading men from Zorah and Esh...
A Levite and His Concubine - In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a