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# đź“– Judges
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> [[#đź“– Summary of Book]]
> [[#🧠Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧠Major Themes]]
> [[#đź“… Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#đź“š Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## đź“– Summary of Book
> The Book of Judges records Israel’s spiritual and moral decline after the death of Joshua as the people repeatedly turn away from the Lord. God raises up judges—divinely appointed deliverers—to rescue Israel from foreign oppression when they repent. Each cycle follows a pattern of sin, suffering, supplication, and salvation. The book reveals the consequences of incomplete obedience and the need for faithful, godly leadership
#### đź“š Genre
- Historical Narrative
- Theological History
#### 🙋‍♂️ Who is the Author
- Unknown (Jewish and Christian tradition often associate the book with Samuel)
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 1050–1000 BC (during the early monarchy, likely during Samuel’s lifetime)
## 🧠Theme Verse
> Judges 21:25 (NET)
> “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what they thought was right.”
## 🧠Major Themes
• Spiritual compromise
• Cycles of sin and repentance
• God’s faithfulness despite human failure
• Leadership and accountability
• Moral and social decay
• Incomplete obedience
• Divine discipline
• God’s mercy and deliverance
• The need for righteous leadership
• Covenant unfaithfulness
## đź“… Outline of Book
• 1:1–3:6 — Incomplete Conquest and Spiritual Decline
• Failure to drive out the Canaanites
• Israel’s compromise
• Angel of the LORD’s warning
• 3:7–16:31 — The Cycles of the Judges
• Othniel (3:7–11)
• Ehud (3:12–30)
• Deborah and Barak (4–5)
• Gideon (6–8)
• Abimelech (9)
• Jephthah (10:6–12:7)
• Samson (13–16)
• 17:1–21:25 — Moral and Social Chaos
• Micah’s idolatry (17–18)
• Crime in Gibeah (19)
• Civil war against Benjamin (20–21)
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Judges 01]]
- [[Judges 02]]
- [[Judges 03]]
- [[Judges 04]]
- [[Judges 05]]
- [[Judges 06]]
- [[Judges 07]]
- [[Judges 08]]
- [[Judges 09]]
- [[Judges 10]]
- [[Judges 11]]
- [[Judges 12]]
- [[Judges 13]]
- [[Judges 14]]
- [[Judges 15]]
- [[Judges 16]]
- [[Judges 17]]
- [[Judges 18]]
- [[Judges 19]]
- [[Judges 20]]
- [[Judges 21]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## đź“š Further Study / Interesting Insights
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**Further Study**.
1. Daniel I. Block, Judges, Ruth (New American Commentary)
2. Barry G. Webb, The Book of Judges (NICOT)
3. Dale Ralph Davis, Such a Great Salvation: Expositions of Judges
**Interesting Insights**.
1. The judges were not kings but temporary military and spiritual leaders.
2. There are at least twelve judges mentioned in the book.
3. Deborah is the only female judge recorded in Israel’s history.
4. The Book of Judges does not follow strict chronological order.
5. Gideon’s army was reduced to 300 men to show God’s power.
6. Samson’s strength was connected to his Nazirite vow.
7. The Song of Deborah (Judges 5) is one of the oldest poems in the Bible.
8. Abimelech is the only judge who attempted to become king.
9. The phrase “the angel of the LORD” appears multiple times in Judges.
10. The book prepares readers for Israel’s desire for a king in 1 Samuel
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