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Old Testament Survey


II. The period of the judges: Judges 2:6-16:31

A. Summary of religious conditions of the entire period: Judges 2:6-3:6
B. List of the judges: Judges 3:7-16:31
l. Othniel of Judah: Judges 3:7-11
2. Ehud of Benjamin: Judges 3:12-30
3. Shamgar: Judges 3:31
4. Deborah of Ephraim and Barak of Naphtali: Judges 4:1-5:31
5. Gideon of Manasseh and Abimelech: Judges 6:1-9:57
6. Tola of Issachar: Judges 10:1-2
7. Jair of Gilead: Judges 10:3-5
8. Jephthah of Gilead: Judges 10:6-12:7
9. Ibzan of Zebulon: Judges 12:8-10
10. Elon of Zebulon: Judges 12:11-12
11. Abdon of Ephriam: Judges 12:13-15
12. Samson of Dan: Judges 13:1-16:31

III. Historical appendix: Judges 17:1-21:25

A. The idolatry of Micah and the Danites: Judges 17:1-18:31
1. Micah and his personal priest: Judges 17:1-13
2. The Danites join the idolatry: Judges 18:1-31
B. The crime of Benjamin at Gibeah and its punishment: Judges 19:1-21:25
1. The stop in Gibeah: Judges 19:1-15
2. The crime: Judges 19:16-27
3. The Levite's response: Judges 19:28-29
4. The outrage of Israel: Judges 19:30-20:11
5. The three battle war: Judges 20:12-21:25