Judges Chapter 9: The Trees Went Forth to Anoint a King — Abimelech’s Blood-Soaked Usurpation
PROLOGUE — A Dark Episode Outside the Cycle Judges 9, strictly speaking, stands outside the cyclical structure of the judges […]
The Cycle of Judges (chs. 3–16)
Twelve deliverers rise and fall — Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson — as each generation sinks further than the last.
Judges Chapter 10: His Soul Was Grieved — Minor Judges, and the Moment God’s Patience Is Tested
PROLOGUE — Two Quiet Judges, and the Worst Apostasy Yet Judges 10, coming immediately after Abimelech’s horrific violence (chapter 9),
Judges Chapter 11: I Have Opened My Mouth Unto the LORD — A Rejected Son and a Tragic Vow
\ PROLOGUE — The Rejected One Is Called Judges 11 records the story of Jephthah, considered one of the most
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Judges Chapter 12: Unable to Pronounce Shibboleth — A Civil War Between Brothers, and Minor Judges Quietly Closing the Cycle
PROLOGUE — Internal Conflict Right After an External Victory Judges 12, immediately after Jephthah’s victory over Ammon (chapter 11), records
Judges Chapter 13: Why Askest Thou Thus After My Name, Seeing It Is Secret
I’ve been reading through Judges lately, and it occurs to me that no judge starts off stranger than Samson. Most
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Judges Chapter 14: The Woman of Timnath, and the First Rule Samson Broke
Given how careful and level-headed his parents were in chapter 13, it’s hard to see how they ended up with
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