The Book of Judges tells what happened from the third generation onwards, after Israel's deliverance from bondage in Egypt. The great act of God in which He saved Israel by the blood of a lamb took place probably between 1290 and 1260 BC (let us say 1275 BC). The Book of Judges deals with a period of Israel's history that runs from about 1195 to 1050 BC.
Imagine a great event in the story of a nation. It might
be a great victory after a time of war; it might be a day of independence or
freedom. The generation that went through those events are constantly gripped
with the memory of what happened. The next generation grows up with parents who
are constantly talking of 'the war' or 'the day we got our freedom' - or
whatever. Then there grows up a third generation. By the time they are born,
the events of two generations before are dim. Their parents sometimes talk
about what their parents used to talk about, but the events are no longer in
living memory and do not arouse the excitement that they aroused in their
grandparents.
The Book of Judges records the decline of the nation and Israel's need for a king. But beyond that it needs the right kind of King. So ultimately the book is pointing to the need for a shepherd-king like Jesus!
Part | Title | Reference |
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1 | The Third Generation | 1:1-21 |
2 | Being Given What You Want | 1:22-2:5 |
3 | Decline and Renewal | 2:6-3:4 |
4 | Odd People and an Odd Weapon | 3:5-31 |
5 | Barak, Hero of Faith | 4:1-24 |
6 | Praising Our Victorious God | 5:1-10 |
7 | Involvement in God's Kingdom | 5:11-31 |
8 | Gideon's Call | 6:1-24 |
9 | Early Steps of Faith | 6:25-40 |
10 | Preparing for Victory | 7:1-23 |
11 | Human - Just Like Us | 7:24-8:21 |
12 | Privilege Without Responsibility | 8:22-35 |
13 | Abimelech and Jotham | 9:1-21 |
14 | Injustice Avenged | 9:22-10:5 |
15 | Jephthah's Painful Past | 10:6 ? 11:11) |
16 | After Peace-Making - Judgement | 11:13-28 |
17 | Jephthah's Vow | 11:29-40 |
18 | Faith and Superstition | 11:35-40 |
19 | Four Kinds of Personality | 12:1-15 |
20 | Manoah | 13:1-23 |
21 | Sampson at Timnah | 13:24 ? 14:19 |
22 | Being Oneself | 14:19-15:17 |
23 | Learning to Pray | 15:18-20 |
24 | Sampson and Delilah | 16:1-21 |
25 | Sampson Persists in Faith | 16:15-31 |
26 | Idolatrous Chaos | 17:1- 18:5 |
27 | So Near, So Far | 18:6- 37 |
28 | A Levite and His Concubine | 19:1- 30 |
29 | Reaping Destruction | 20:1-21:25 |
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