Chapter 1
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| The acts of Judah and Simeon (1:1-3) |
| Adoni-bezek justly punished (1:4-7) |
| Jerusalem taken (1:8-9) |
| Hebron taken (1:10) |
| Othniel is given Achsah as his wife for taking Debir (1:11-15) |
| The Kenites dwell in Judah (1:16) |
| Hormah, Gaza, Askelon and Ekron taken (1:17-20) |
| The acts of Benjamin (1:21) |
| The acts of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el (1:22-29) |
| The acts of Zebulun (1:30) |
| The acts of Asher (1:31-32) |
| The acts of Naphtali and of Dan (1:33-36) |
Chapter 2
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| An angel rebukes the people of Bochim (2:1-5) |
| The death of Joshua (2:6-10) |
| The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua (2:11-13) |
| God's anger and pity towards them (2:14-15) |
| The Lord raises up judges (2:16-23) |
Chapter 3
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| The nations which were left to test Israel (3:1-5) |
| By intermarriage the Israelites commit idolatry (3:6-7) |
| Othniel delivers them from Chushan-rishathaim (3:8-11) |
| Ehud frees the Israelites from Eglon (3:12-30) |
| Shamgar delivers them from the Philistines (3:31) |
Chapter 4
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| Deborah and Barak save them from Jabin and Sisera (4:1-16) |
| Death of Sisera (4:17-24) |
Chapter 5
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| The song of Deborah and Barak (5:1-31) |
Chapter 6
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| The Israelites are oppressed by Midian (6:1-7) |
| A prophet rebukes them (6:8-10) |
| An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance (6:11-16) |
| Gideon's present is consumed with fire (6:17-23) |
| Gideon destroys Baal's altar, and offers a sacrifice upon an altar to God (6:24-27) |
| Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal (6:28-32) |
| Gideon's army (6:33-35) |
| Gideon's signs (6:36-40) |
Chapter 7
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| Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is reduced to three hundred (7:1-8) |
| He is encouraged by the dream and the interpretation of the barley cake (7:9-15) |
| His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers (7:16-23) |
| The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb (7:24-25) |
Chapter 8
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| Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites (8:1-4) |
| Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideon's army (8:5-9) |
| Zebah and Zalmunna are taken (8:10-12) |
| Succoth and Penuel are destroyed (8:13-17) |
| Gideon avenges his brothers' death on Zebah and Zalmunna (8:18-21) |
| He declines to be their ruler (8:22-23) |
| His ephod is the cause of idolatry (8:24-27) |
| Midian subdued (8:28) |
| Gideon's children, and death (8:29-32) |
| The Israelite's idolatry and ingratitude (8:33-35) |
Chapter 9
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| Ablimelech, by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king. (9:1-6) |
| Jotham rebukes them and foretells their ruin (9:7-21) |
| Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against Abimelech (9:22-29) |
| Zebul reveals the conspiracy (9:30-33) |
| Abimelech overcomes them and sows the city with salt (9:34-45) |
| He burns the stronghold of the god Berith (9:46-49) |
| At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone (9:50-55) |
| Jotham's curse is fulfilled (9:56-57) |
Chapter 10
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| Tola judges Israel in Shamir (10:1-2) |
| Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities (10:3-5) |
| The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel (10:6-9) |
| In their misery, God chides them for their false gods (10:10-15) |
| Upon their repentance, He pities them (10:15-18) |
Chapter 11
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| The covenant between Jephthah and Gilead (11:1-11) |
| The Ammonites reject Jephthah's plea for peace (11:12-28) |
| His vow and his conquest of the Ammonites (11:29-40) |
Chapter 12
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| The Ephraimites, quarreling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites (12:1-6) |
| Jephthah dies (12:7) |
| Ibzan, who had thirty sons and thirty daughters (12:8-10) |
| And Elon (12:11-12) |
| And Abdon who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel (12:13-15) |
Chapter 13
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| Israel conquered by the Philistines (13:1) |
| An angel appears to Manoah's wife, and to Manoah (13:2-14) |
| Manoah's sacrifice, whereby the angel is identified (13:15-23) |
| Samson is born (13:24-25) |
Chapter 14
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| Samson desires a wife of the Philistines (14:1-4) |
| In his journey he kills a lion (14:5-7) |
| In a second journey he finds honey in the carcass (14:8-9) |
| Samson's marriage feast (14:10-11) |
| His riddle is made known (14:12-18) |
| He spoils thirty Philistines (14:19) |
| His wife is married to another (14:20) |
Chapter 15
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| Samson is denied his wife (15:1-2) |
| He burns the Philistine's corn (15:3-5) |
| His wife and her father are burned by the Philistines (15:6) |
| Samson smites them hip and thigh (15:7-8) |
| He is bound by the men of Judah and delivered to the Philistines (15:9-13) |
| He kills one thousand of them with a jawbone (15:14-17) |
| God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him (15:18-20) |
Chapter 16
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| Samson at Gaza escapes and carries away the gates of the city (16:1-3) |
| Delilah, bribed by the Philistines entices Samson (16:4-5) |
| She is deceived three times but at last overcomes him (16:6-20) |
| The Philistines take him, and put out his eyes (16:21) |
| His strength renewed, he pulls down the house upon the Philistines, and dies (16:22-31) |
Chapter 17
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| An example of Personal Idolatry - the money that Micah at first stole, then restored, his mother makes images (17:1-4) |
| And the ornaments for them (17:5-6) |
| He hires a Levite to be his priest (17:7-13) |
Chapter 18
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| An example of Tribal Idolatry - The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance (18:1-2) |
| They consult with Jonathan at the house of Micah (18:3-6) |
| They search Laish, and bring back news of hope (18:7-10) |
| Six hundred men are sent to surprise it (18:11-13) |
| On the way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things (18:14-26) |
| They win Laish and call it Dan (18:27-29) |
| They set up idolatry (18:30-31) |
Chapter 19
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| An example of Personal Immorality - A Levite goes to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife (19:1-10) |
| An example of Tribal Immorality - An old man entertains him at Gibeah (19:11-21) |
| The Gibeathites cause his concubine's death (19:22-28) |
| He divides her into twelve pieces to send them to the twelve tribes (19:29-30) |
Chapter 20
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| The Levite in a general assembly declares his wrong (20:1-7) |
| The decree of the assembly (20:8-17) |
| The Israelites in two battles with the Benjamites lose forty thousand (20:18-25) |
| By a stratagem they destroy all the Benjamites except six hundred (20:26-48) |
Chapter 21
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| The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin (21:1-7) |
| Men of Jabesh-gilead Murdered (21:8-15) |
| They advise them to surprise the virgins who dance at Shiloh (21:16-25) |
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