judges outline

1. Introduction: Israel’s Disobedience and Failure (1:1-3:6)

a. The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds (1:1-7)

b. The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron (1:8-26)

c. The Failure to Complete the Conquest (1:27-36)

d. Israel Rebuked at Bochim (2:1-5)

e. The Death and Burial of Joshua (2:6-9)

f. Israel’s Unfaithfulness (2:10-15)

g. Judges Raised Up (2:16-23)

h. Nations Left to Test Israel (3:1-6)

2. The History of the Judges (3:7-16:31)

a. Othniel (3:7-11)

b. Ehud (3:12-30)

c. Shamgar (3:31)

d. Deborah (4:1-5:31)

i. Barak (4:1-16)

ii. Jael Kills Sisera (4:17-23)

iii. The Song of Deborah and Barak (5:1-31)

e. Gideon (6:1-8:35)

i. Midian Oppresses Israel (6:1-10)

ii. God Raises Up a Judge (6:11-40)

1. The Call of Gideon (6:11-24)

2. Gideon Destroys Baal’s Altar (6:25-32)

3. The Sign of the Fleece (6:33-40)

iii. The Battle with the Midianites (7:1-8:21)

1. Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred (7:1-8)

2. The Sword of Gideon (7:9-14)

3. Gideon Defeats Midian (7:15-25)

4. Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna (8:1-21)

iv. Gideon’s Ephod (8:22-27)

v. Forty Years of Peace (8:28-31)

vi. The Death of Gideon (8:32-35)

f. Abimelech son of Jerubbaal (9:1-57)

i. Abimelech’s Conspiracy (9:1-6)

ii. Jotham’s Parable (9:7-21)

iii. Gaal Conspires with the Shechemites (9:22-29)

iv. The Fall of Shechem (9:30-49)

v. Abimelech’s Punishment (9:50-57)

g. Tola (10:1-2)

h. Jair (10:3-5)

i. Jephthah (10:6-12:7)

i. Oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites (10:6-18)

ii. Jephthah Delivers Israel (11:1-28)

iii. Jephthah’s Tragic Vow (11:29-40)

iv. Jephthah Defeats Ephraim (12:1-7)

j. Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (12:8-15)

k. Samson (13:1-16:31)

i. The Birth of Samson (13:1-25)

ii. Samson’s Marriage (14:1-7)

iii. Samson’s Riddle (14:8-20)

iv. Samson’s Revenge (15:1-20)

v. Samson Escapes Gaza (16:1-3)

vi. Samson and Delilah (16:4-22)

vii. Samson’s Vengeance and Death (16:23-31)

3. Epilogue: The Further Corruption of Israel (17:1-21:25)

a. Micah (17:1-18:31)

i. Micah’s Idolatry (17:1-13)

ii. The Danites Settle in Laish (8:1-13)

iii. The Danites Take Micah’s Idols (8:14-31)

b. The Crime of the Benjamites (19:1-21:25)

i. The Levite and His Concubine (19:1-29)

ii. The Decree of the Assembly (20:1-17)

iii. Civil War Against Benjamin (20:18-48)

iv. Wives for the Benjamites (21:1-25)