Overview of the Book of Judges

Judges is the seventh book of the Bible.

The book of Judges is like teenage years because it is a time of transition that holds many challenges faced by God's people.

The two challenges are how to live peacefully with each other and how to withstand the attacks of foreign arms.

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<p>The time period covered is from 1220 BC to 1000 BC.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person from the Deuteronomic school wrote the book during Israelite times.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Judges began with the death of Joshua.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The book got its name from the type of leaders they had during that time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, the judges weren't like judges in a courtroom; they were more like political leaders or tribal chiefs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author says that the Book of Judges is tragic because the Israelites become just like the Canaanites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The introduction shows how the Israelites fail to drive out the remaining Canaanites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main storyline shows the corruption of Israel's judges and their moral decline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapters 17-21 are about the corruption of Israel as a whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, the Israelites hadn't driven out all of the Canaanites; they were only able to defeat some.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapter 2 specifically discusses how Israel moves in alongside the Canaanites and adopts all of their beliefs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cycle includes sin against God, conquest by enemies, repentance, God raising up a judge, and then peace before sinning again.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The judges are Othniel, Ehud, and Deborah.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapters 6-9 recount the stories of Judge Gideon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gideon defeated the Midianites with only 300 men, who were carrying clay pots and torches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gideon committed the sin of murdering fellow Israelites and creating an idol from the gold he won.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The judge is Jephthah, and he defeated the Ammonites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jephthah promised to sacrifice his daughter to God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Samson was the worst judge because he was violent, arrogant, and promiscuous; he defeated the Philistines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Micah's sin was building a private temple to an idol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A private army goes and robs the private temple.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They burnt down the city of Laish, murdering all the people living there.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapters 19-21 are about sexual abuse, violence, and Israel's first civil war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We learn that if we turn away from God, He will give us what we deserve, and that we need to be delivered from ourselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers