This is the page for all my resources and documents for the book of Judges. The first section contains documents that survey the entire book. The second section has a survey video lecture covering the entire book. The next section is broken down by each passage. Click the label of any document or video to expand for access. Click the label of any passage to expand for access to documents and information about each individual passage. Feel free to use and distribute any information you find helpful as long as you give credit where appropriate.
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Outline of Judges

Introduction 1:1-3:6
Failure To Complete The Conquest 1:1-2:5
Unfaithful To The Covenant By Serving False gods 2:6-3:6
Cycle Of Judges 3:7-16:31
Early Judges 3:7-31
Othniel 3:7-11
Sin 3:7
Oppression 3:8
Crying Out 3:9a
Rescue 3:9b-11
Ehud 3:12-30
Sin 12a
Oppression 3:12b-14
Crying Out 3:15a
Rescue 3:15b-30
Shamgar 3:31
Barak (Deborah) 4:1-5:31
Prose Story 4:1-24
Sin 4:1
Oppression 4:2-3a
Crying Out 4:3b
Rescue 4:4-24
Poetic Song 5:1-31
Gideon 6:1-8:32
Sin 6:1a
Oppression 6:1b-5
Crying Out 6:6-7a
Rescue 6:7b-8:32
A Prophet To Rebuke Them For Sin 6:8-10
A Judge To Rescue Them From Oppression 6:11-8:21
The Call Of Gideon 6:11-24
God's War Against Idolatry Via Gideon 6:25-32
God's War Against The Oppressors Via Gideon 6:33-8:21
Gideon Gathers An Army 6:33-35
Gideon Tests The Lord 6:36-40
God Thins Out The Army 7:1-8a
Gideon Finds Courage On A Spy Mission 7:8b-15a
Gideon Routs The Midianites 7:15b-21
The Rest Of The Tribes Are Called Out To Help The Pursuit 7:22-25
The Other Tribes Complain Against Gideon 8:1-3
The People Of Succoth And Peniel Refuse To Help Gideon 8:4-9
Gideon Defeats Zebah And Zalmunah 8:10-12
Gideon Pays Back The Cities That Defied Him 8:13-17
Gideon Finishes Off The Enemies 8:18-21
Postscript 8:22-32
Gideon Ambiguously Passes The Test On Kingship, Fails The Test Of Idolatry 8:22-27
Kingship 8:22-23
Idolatry 8:24-27
Rest And Gideon's Death 8:28-32
Abimelech 8:33-9:57
Sin 8:33-35
Oppression 9:1-6
Crying Out (Jotham's Fable 9:7-21
Jotham's Fable Of The Trees 9:7-15
Punch-Line Of The Parable 9:16-21
Rescue 9:22-57
Tola & Jair 10:1-5
Tola 10:1-2
Jair 10:3-5
Jephthah 10:6-12:7
Sin 10:6
Oppression 10:7-9
Crying Out 10:10
Rebuke 10:11-16
Rescue 10:17-11:33
Search For A Leader 10:17-11:11
The Ammonites Attack 10:17
They Ask "Who Will Lead The Israelites?" 10:18
They Turn To An Outcast They Had Previously Rejected 11:1-11
Negotiation/Challenge With The Enemy 11:12-28
The Battle 11:29-33
Postscript 11:34-12:7
Jephthah's Daughter 11:34-40
Jephthah Versus Ephraim 12:1-6
Rest 12:7
Later Judges 12:8-15
Ibzan 12:8-10
Elon 12:11-12
Abdon 12:13-15
Samson 13:1-16:31
Sin And Oppression 13:1
Birth of Samson 13:2-24
Samson Wages War With The Philistines 14:1-16:30
Samson's Marriage At Timnah Is The Occasion For Battling The Philistines 14:1-15:8
God Is Picking A Fight 14:1-7
The Riddle At The Wedding Feast 14:8-20
Revenge For His Wife And Her Family 15:1-8
Judah Betrays Samson To The Philistines 15:8-20
They Bind Him And Turn Him Over To The Philistines 15:8-13
The Spirit Of The Lord Rushes On Him And He Slaughters Them With A Jawbone 15:14-17
Samson Calls To The Lord To Save Him From Thirst 15:18-20
A Prostitute In Gaza Is The Occasion For Battling The Philistines 16:1-3
Delilah Is The Occasion For Battling The Philistines 16:4-21
Philistine Idolatry Is The Occasion For The Greatest Triumph Over The Philistines 16:22-30
Rest 16:31
Total Apostasy 17:1-21:25
Micah And The Danites Commit Idolatry 17:1-18:31
Micah Makes An Idol And Installs Polluted, Idolatrous Worship 17:1-13
The Danites Steal The Idol and Priest 18:1-26
They Capture A City From A "Peaceful And Unsuspecting People" In Territory Not Assigned To Them 18:27-31
The Levite's Concubine And The Near Destruction Of Benjamin 19:1-21:25
"Israel Had No King" 19:1
The Levite's Concubine Is Killed By The Gibeonites 19:1-30
A Levite Travels To Bethlehem To Get His Concubine Back 19:1-3
They Are Delayed, And So Had To Stop At An Unknown Place At A Bad Time 19:4-15
They Were Treated Like The Sodomites Treated The Messengers In Genesis 19:16-28
The Levite Butchered Her Corpse And Sent Her Body Parts To All Parts Of Israel 19:29-30
The Israelites Destroy The Tribe Of Benjamin, Almost To Extinction 20:1-48
Destruction Of An Israelite City And Benjamin Is Spared Extinction 21:1-25
"Israel Had No King" 21:25
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1:1-3:6 Introduction
1:1-2:5 Failure To Complete The Conquest
2:6-3:6 Unfaithful To The Covenant
Translation
3:7-16:31 Cycle Of Judges
3:7-31 Early Judges
3:7-11 Othniel
3:12-30 Ehud
3:31 Shamgar
Translation
4:1-5:31 Barak (Deborah)
4:1-24 Barak (Deborah) Prose
5:1-31 Barak (Deborah) Poetic
6:1-8:32 Gideon
6:1-6 Gideon: Midian Conquers Israel
6:7-10 Gideon: A Prophet Rebukes Israel
Translation
6:11-24 Gideon: The Call Of Gideon
6:25-32 Gideon: God's War Against Idolatry
Translation
6:33-40 Gideon: Gideon Gathers An Army
7:1-25 Gideon: Gideon Routs The Midianites
8:1-21 Gideon: Gideon Finishes His Enemies
8:22-32 Gideon: Gideon Fails While Succeeding
8:33-9:57 Abimelech
8:33-9:6 Abimelech: Sin And Oppression
9:7-21 Abimelech: Jotham's Fable
9:22-57 Abimelech: Shechem & Abimelech Destroy Each Other
10:1-5 Tola & Jair
10:1-5 Tola & Jair
10:6-12:7 Jephthah
10:6-16 Jephthah: Sin, Oppression & Rebuke
10:17-11:11 Jephthah: Search For A Leader
11:12-28 Jephthah: Challenge To The Enemy
11:29-33 Jephthah: The Battle
11:34-12:7 Jephthah: Postscript
12:8-15 Later Judges
12:8-15 Ibzan, Elon & Abdon
13:1-16:31 Samson
13:1-24 Samson: Birth Of Samson
Translation
13:25-15:8 Samson: Fighting Philistines At Timnah
Translation
15:8-20 Samson: Judah Betrays Samson
Translation
16:1-21 Samson: Prostitute Of Gaza & Delilah
Translation
16:22-31 Samson: Samson Defeats The Philistines
Translation
17:1-21:25 Total Apostasy
17:1-18:31 Micah & The Danites Commit Idolatry
17:1-13 Micah Makes An Idol
18:1-31 The Danites Steal The Idol And Capture Dan
19:1-21:25 The Near Destruction Of Benjamin
19:1-29 A Levite's Concubine Is Killed By Gibeonites
20:1-48 The Israelites Destroy Benjamin (Almost)
21:1-25 Destruction Of An Israelite City